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L-Leucine is the precursor of the isovaleric acid in magnamycin, as could be demonstrated withL-Leucine-[U-14].
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IX. Mitt. Zur Biogenese der Makrolide. VIII. Mitt.W. Hofheinz, H. Grisebach undH. Friebolin, Tetrahedron, im Druck.
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Grisebach, H., Achenbach, H. Über die Herkunft der Isovaleriansäure im Magnamycin. Experientia 19, 6–7 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02135322
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