Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5165314 | Phytochemistry | 2012 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
⺠The metabolic pathway to ephedrine alkaloids was explored in Ephedra spp. ⺠Benzaldehyde is seemingly a metabolic precursor to ephedrine alkaloids in Ephedra. ⺠Benzaldehyde carboxyligase and cathinone reductase are key in ephedrine formation.
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Authors
Raz Krizevski, Einat Bar, O.r Shalit, Asaf Levy, Jillian M. Hagel, Korey Kilpatrick, Frédéric Marsolais, Peter J. Facchini, Shimon Ben-Shabat, Yaron Sitrit, Efraim Lewinsohn,