Fenilpropanoidok - Szerves Kémiai Tanszék

Fahéjsav és kumarinsav képződéseL-Phenylalanine and L-tyrosine,as C 6 C 3 building blocks, areprecursors for a wide range ofnatural products. In plants, afrequent first step is theelimination of ammonia from theside-chain to generate theappropriate trans (E) cinnamicacid. In the case ofphenylalanine, this would givecinnamic acid, whilst tyrosinecould yield 4-coumaric acid.