Valine and phenylalanine as precursors in the biosynthesis of alkamides in Acmella radicans

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 857-861

  Cortez Espinosa, Nancy ^a   Aviña Verduzco, Judit A ^a   Ramírez Chávez, Enrique ^b   Molina Torres, Jorge ^b   Ríos Chávez, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acmella radicans; Affinin; Alkamides; Decarboxylase activity; GC MS; Phenylalanine; Valine

Indexed keywords

3 PHENYL N (2 PHENYLETHYL) 2 PROPENAMIDE; ACMELLA RADICANS EXTRACT; AFFININ; ALKAMIDE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; CAPSAICIN; N (2 PHENYLETHYL) 2,4 OCTADIENAMIDE; N (2 PHENYLETHYL) NONA 2 EN 6,8 DIYNAMIDE; PHENYLALANINE; PHENYLALANINE DECARBOXYLASE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; VALINE DECARBOXYLASE;

ACMELLA RADICANS; ARTICLE; ASTERACEAE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF;

ACMELLA RADICANS; ASTERACEAE;

EID: 79959233781     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1100600625     Document Type: Article

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