Stereochemical and pharmacological differences between naturally occurring p-synephrine and synthetic p-synephrine
p-Synephrine, the primary protoalkaloid in Citrus aurantium (bitter orange) and some other Citrus species, exists in nature in the l- or [R-(−)]-enantiomeric form, whereas synthetic p-synephrine is a racemic mixture of the l- and d-enantiomeric forms. Based on receptor binding, the synthetic form is...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-01-01
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Series: | Journal of Functional Foods |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464611000910 |