Issue 3, 1973

Enzyme-catalysed formation of β-amyrin from a bicyclic isomer of 2,3-epoxysqualene

Abstract

A specifically tritiated specimen of the bicyclic epoxide (11) undergoes enzymic cyclization in a homogenate from Pisum sativum to give β-amyrin (5) without randomization of label.

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J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1973, 73-74

Enzyme-catalysed formation of β-amyrin from a bicyclic isomer of 2,3-epoxysqualene

H. Horan, J. P. McCormick and D. Arigoni, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1973, 73 DOI: 10.1039/C39730000073

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