ENANTIOSELECTIVE DEMETHYLATION: THE KEY TO THE NORNICOTINE ENANTIOMERIC COMPOSITION IN TOBACCO LEAF
Nicotine and nornicotine are the two main alkaloids that accumulate in Nicotiana tabacum L. (tobacco), and nornicotine is the N-demethylation metabolite of nicotine. Nicotine is synthesized in the root, and probably primarily in the root tip. Both nicotine and nornicotine exist as two isomers that d...
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UKnowledge
2012
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| Online Access: | http://uknowledge.uky.edu/pss_etds/5 http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=pss_etds |