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The biosynthesis of the alkaloids ofAmmothamnus lehmannii Bge. have been studied by supplying the plants with [1,5-14C2] cadaverine. It has been shown that cadaverine is a precursor of sophocarpidine, sophocarpine, and pachycarpine. Possible routes of interconversions have been studied by supplying the plants with the tritium-labelled alkaloids [3H] sophocarpine, [3H] matrine, and [3H] pachycarpine.
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V. I. Lenin Tashkent State University. Institute of Plant Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic, Halle. Translated from Khimiya Prirodnykh Soedinenii, No. 6, pp. 776–780, November–December, 1976.
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Kushmuradov, Y.K., Schütte, H.R., Aslanov, K.A. et al. Biosynthesis and interconversions of alkaloids inAmmothamnus lehmannii . Chem Nat Compd 12, 696–699 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00564962
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