Abstractdl-Tryptophan-P-C" was fed to sprotrting barley and radioactive gramine isolated from the shoots. Activity in the alkaloid resided entirely in one position, corresportding to that in'the tracer administered to the plants, indicating that tryptophan is a precursor of gramine.
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