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Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
2-8-1963
Abstract
The β-glucosides of coumarinic and o-coumaric acids were detected in extracts of cotyledons, exocarps, and seedling leaves of the tonka bean. The existence of these compounds and the presence of a β-glucosidase having specificity for coumarinyl glucoside suggest that, the tonka bean synthesizes coumarin by a pathway similar to the one found in sweetclover.
Comments
Published in SCIENCE, New Series, Vol. 139, No. 3554 (Feb. 8, 1963), pp. 496-497.