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Some Physiologically Active Amino Acids from Plants *
Author(s) -
Hegarty M. P.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1973.tb00013.x
Subject(s) - mimosine , amino acid , medicine , biochemistry , biology , botany , leucaena leucocephala
SUMMARY Almost three hundred non‐protein amino acids have been isolated and characterized in plants. Information on the properties of some of these which are toxic to man is summarized and the biological properties of the depitatory amino acid mimosine and the hepatotoxic amino acid indospicine are described.