A straightforward procedure to biosynthesise melatonin using freshly chopped Achillea millefolium L. as reagent

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 107-110

  Marioni, Franco ^a   Bertoli, Alessandra ^a   Pistelli, Luisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achillea millefolium; Biotransformation; LC DAD ESI MS; Melatonin; Tryptophan

Indexed keywords

HORMONE PRECURSOR; MELATONIN; REAGENT; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

ACHILLEA; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PLANT CELL; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM;

EID: 48049094172     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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