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HIGHER plants are capable of synthesizing aromatic compounds from shikimic acid, possibly through a pathway similar to that described by Davis et al. 1. Certain benzene rings, however, are formed from acetate in accordance with the hypothesis of Birch and Donovan2. Thus the B ring of quercitin is synthesized from shikimic acid3 whereas the A ring is an acetate-formed ring4.
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GRISDALE, S., TOWERS, G. Biosynthesis of Arbutin from Some Phenylpropanoid Compounds in Pyrus communis . Nature 188, 1130–1131 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1881130b0
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