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Potato tuber tissues can incorporate mevalonic acid-2-14C into glycoalkaloids, namely α-chaconine and α-solanine. The percent incorporation of this labeled precursor into α-chaconine in light exposed tubers is more than that of mechanically injured tubers.
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Wu, M.T., Salunkhe, D.K. Difference between light- and wound-induced biosynthesis of α-solanine and α-chaconine in potato tubers. Biol Plant 20, 149–151 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02923284
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