The biosynthesis of papaverine proceeds via (S)-reticuline

Phytochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1305-1312

  Han, Xu ^a   Lamshöft, Marc ^b   Grobe, Nadja ^a   Ren, Xuan ^a   Fist, Anthony J ^c   Kutchan, Toni M ^a   Spiteller, Michael ^b   Zenk, Meinhart H ^a  

^a DONALD DANFORTH PLANT SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Tasmanian Alkaloids Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

(S) Norreticuline; (S) Reticuline; 1,2 Dihydropapaverine; Biosynthesis; Laudanine; Laudanosine; Metabolism; Opium poppy; P. somniferum ssp. setigerum; Papaver somniferum; Papaveraceae; Papaverine; Tetrayhydropapaverine

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BENZYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; NORRETICULINE; PAPAVERINE; RETICULINE; THEBAINE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PAPAVER; SEEDLING; STEREOISOMERISM; DRUG EFFECTS;

ALKALOIDS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; ISOQUINOLINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PAPAVER; PAPAVERINE; SEEDLING; STEREOISOMERISM; THEBAINE;

PAPAVER; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; PAPAVERACEAE;

EID: 77954242676     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.04.022     Document Type: Article

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