The role of hygrine in the biosynthesis of cuscohygrine and hyoscyamine

Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic Pub Date: DOI: 10.1039/J39690000223

Abstract

Hygrine has been shown to be derived from ornithine and acetate in accordance with accepted biogenetic theory. Hygrine has been shown to be the immediate precursor of cuscohygrine in Scopolia lurida and also of hyoscyamine in Datura stramonium.

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