Planta Med 1978; 34(8): 397-402
DOI: 10.1055/s-0028-1097469
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Studies on the Biosynthetic Origin of the Acyl Side Chains of Dryopteris Fern Constituents

Aarre Huhtikangas1 , Antero Huurre1 , Mauri Lounasmaa2
  • 1Institute of Pharmacy, University of Helsinki, Finland.
  • 2Laboratory for Chemistry of Natural Products, Espoo, Finland.
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Publication Date:
13 January 2009 (online)

Abstract

Evidences based on feeding experiments and electron microscopic studies are presented to support the hypothesis that methylation is involved in the biosynthetic formation of the higher acyl side chains in the Dryopteris phloroglucinol derivatives.

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