Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5167740 Phytochemistry 2005 9 Pages PDF
Abstract
Label from [13C,2H3-methyl]nicotine fed to Nicotiana plumbaginifolia suspension cell cultures is incorporated into cotinine but to a much lesser extent into N′-formylnornicotine. This labelling pattern directly shows that N′-formylnornicotine is not intermediate in the demethylation mechanism, but is formed by the condensation of nornicotine with formaldehyde.
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