Products Derived from Amino Acids
The amino acids are an important group of compounds concerned in the biosynthesis of a variety of nitrogen-containing plant metabolites, including proteins, enzymes, nucleic acids, hormones, chlorophyll, amines, alkaloids, cyanogenic glycosides and glucosinolates. Metabolic deamination of amino acids gives various products, including oxoacids, the terpene-like senecic acids found in the…