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Secondary Products Derived from L-Phenylalanine and L-Tyrosine (Phenylpropanoids)

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The carbon skeleton of the amino acids L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine is composed of a phenyl group linked to an n-propyl side chain (Fig. 266). A large number of secondary products, the phenylpropanoids, contain this fundamental structure.

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Luckner, M. (1984). Secondary Products Derived from L-Phenylalanine and L-Tyrosine (Phenylpropanoids). In: Secondary Metabolism in Microorganisms, Plants and Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-02384-6_36

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