Studies on sandal spike. Part VI. A study of the amino-acid make-up and some organic acids of sandal (Santalum album L.) in health and disease

Abstract

The following amino-acids have been detected in the healthy and the diseased tissues of sandal (green foliage): alanine, arginine, aspartic acid, cysteine, glutamic acid, histidine leucine, isoleucine, lysine, methionine, ornithine, phenylalanine, proline, hydroxy proline, serine, threonine, valine and α-aminobutyric acid. Quantitative estimations have been made of alanine, aspartic acid and glutamic acid as also those of the corresponding ketocarboxylic acids, namely, pyruvic, oxalacetic and α-ketoglutaric acids which are involved in the aminoacid and carbohydrate metabolisms, respectively. Distinct differences have been noticed in regard to the quantities of these acids present in the healthy and diseased tissues and their significance has been discussed.