@article{43585c76c44145aa9ee4a24ab2c8f5df,
title = "Potassium aeshynomate, a leaf-opening substance of Aeshynomene indica L., containing a novel γ-amino acid",
abstract = "Potassium aeshynomate (1) was isolated as an leaf-opening substance of the nyctinastic plant, Aeshynomene indica L. Compound 1 was quite effective for the leaf-opening of A. indica at 1x10-3 M, and was found to be a new type of leaf-movement factor containing a novel γ-amino acid moiety.",
keywords = "Amino acid derivatives, Amino acids, Biologically active compounds, Natural products, Plants",
author = "Minoru Ueda and Takahito Hiraoka and Masatake Niwa and Shosuke Yamamura",
note = "Funding Information: We are indebtedto the Ministry of EducationS, cienceS, portsa ndC ulture( Japan)f or Grant-in-Aid for ScientificR esearcho n SpecialP romotionR esearchN o. 09101001t,h e Asahi Glass Foundation, and PioneeringR esearchP rojecti n Biotechnologgyi venb y the Ministry of AgricultureF, orestrya nd Fisheriesfo r financiasl upportW. e alsow ishto thankM r. Yuichi Ishikawaa tKeio Universityfo r technical support.",
year = "1999",
month = sep,
day = "10",
doi = "10.1016/S0040-4039(99)01198-3",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "6777--6780",
journal = "Tetrahedron Letters",
issn = "0040-4039",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd.",
number = "37",
}