Prospecting for alternate sources of shikimic acid, a precursor of Tamiflu, a bird-flu drug

• Main Authors: Raghavendra, TR, Vaidyanathan, Priti, Swathi, HK, Ramesha, BT, Ravikanth, G, Ganeshaiah, KN, Srikrishna, A, Shaanker, R Uma
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Indian Academy of Sciences. 2009
• Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Ketal; Avian flu
• Online Access: http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/26104/; http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/26104/1/771.pdf; http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/mar252009/contents.htm

Shikimic acid, more commonly known by its anionic form, shikimate, is an important intermediate compound of the ‘shikimate pathway’ in plants and microorganisms1. It is the principal precursor for the synthesis of aromatic amino acids, phenylalanine, tryptophan and tyrosine and other compounds such...