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Cis-N-(p-Coumaroyl)serotonin from Konnyaku, Amorphophallus konjac K. Koch
1The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Gifu University, Shizuoka, Japan.
Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry
|December 29, 2000
Abstract:
Tobiko is produced as a by-product in the manufacture of konnyaku and comes to about 45% of dried konnyaku-imo. For a possible use of this powder, we studied its components. Serotonin, trans-N-(p-coumaroyl) serotonin, and a new compound, cis-N-(p-coumaroyl)serotonin, were characterized from this powder.