There is a growing body of evidence to suggest that the dietary intakes of vitamin E are
insufficient to protect against the long‐term health risks associated with oxidative stress …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the biosynthesis of vitamins E and K and related
compounds. The past five years have been active and rewarding ones for those studying the …

1. By means of 14C tracer experiments and isotope competition experiments the roles of d-
tyrosine, p-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid, p-hydroxyphenylacetic acid, phenylacetic acid …

1. 3 R-[2-14C] Mevalonate was incorporated into geranyl and neryl β-d-glucosides in petals
of Rosa dilecta in up to 10.6% yield, and the terpenoid part was specifically and equivalently …

The author deals essentially with areas of metabolism concerned with the biosynthesis of
fatty acids in various tissues and organisms, and of lipids, phenols, sterols and other …

1. By using dl-[ring− 14C] phenylalanine, dl-[β− 14C] phenylalanine, dl-[α− 14C]-tyrosine
and dl-[β− 14C] tyrosine it was shown that in maize shoots (Zea mays) the nucleus and one …

The patterns of incorporation of d-[G-14 C] shikimate and variously labelled 14 C-4-(2′-
carboxy-phenyl)-4-oxobutyrate into the naphthoquinone nucleus of phylloquinone by maize …

In isolated, purified spinach chloroplasts, tryptophan formation by shikimate pathway is
strongly enhanced by adding phosphoenylpyruvate, glutamine and serine as substrates. No …

3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase (EC 1.1. 1.34) is known to be the rate-
controlling enzyme in isoprenoid synthesis, and it catalyzes mevalonate synthesis from …

Biosynthesis of several mono-and sesqui-terpenes that possess E or Z double bonds, or
which are generally considered to be derived from precursors possessing such geometries …