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M Afzal1, N Al-Sweedan, L A Massih
1Department of Biochemistry, Kuwait University, Faculty of Science, Kuwait.
Planta Medica
|February 1, 1987
Abstract:
2-Amino-5-( N-ethylcarboxamido)-pentanoic acid has been isolated from green tea leaves ( THEA SINESIS). It has been identified from its extensive spectroscopic data. Acid hydrolysis of the compound gave ethylamine and 2-aminoadipic acid.

