“…This observation was well corroborated by the feeding of [U- 13 3 OH+H] + , all corresponding to the same retention time (see SI-7b in the Supporting Information). To test this hypothesis, [U-13 C]dl-phenylalanine (Phe) was fed and assimilated consequently to produce 2 b showing strong abundance (16-18 %; see SI-6 in the Supporting Information) and coupling at C1/ C2/C3/C4/C5/C6/C7 (J 1-2 = 29.3 Hz, J 2-3 = 41.9 Hz, J 4-3 = 42.5 Hz, J 4-5 = 38.5 Hz, J 5-1 = 29.3 Hz, J 6-1 = 45.2 Hz, J 7-3 = 48.5 Hz), and very weak (ca.…”