Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products 105

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kinghorn, A. Douglas (Editor), Falk, Heinz (Editor), Gibbons, Simon (Editor), Kobayashi, Jun'ichi (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Progress in the Chemistry of Organic Natural Products, 105
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Pharmaceutical technology.; Organic chemistry.; Medicinal chemistry.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9783319497129
• ISSN: 2191-7043 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-49712-9
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (V, 215 p. 120 illus., 59 illus. in color.)

The first contribution reviews the occurrence of xanthine alkaloids in the plant kingdom and the elucidation of the caffeine biosynthesis pathway, providing details of the N-methyltransferases, belonging to the motif B' methyltransferase family which catalyze three steps in the four step pathwa...