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WE have studied the biogenesis of atropine-14C in Atropa belladonna plants by a method which we believe to be novel in this field, but which is comparable with that applied so successfully by Calvin1 to the elucidation of the path of carbon in photosynthesis.
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CATCH, J., EVANS, E. Rate of Formation of Atropine in Atropa belladonna Plants. Nature 188, 758–759 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188758a0
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