organic herb inc. is a chinese high bio-technology manufacturer and has gain high reputation for its high quality products and competitive price, as well as its strict operation according to gmp and gap. shikimic acid illicium verum hook.f.extract shikimic acid is a white crystalline compound of nonnitrogenous acid found in various plants naturally. it has two kind functional groups in the same molecule, three hydroxyl groups and a carboxylic acid group, which are optically active. they can yield various kinds of esters and salts. shikimic acid is a cyclitol, a polyhydroxylated cycloalkane containing at least three hydroxy groups in the ring at different positions. examples are inositol and quinic acid. the most important feature of cyclitol is that there are chiral isomers, key intermediates in the biosynthesis of aromatic compounds in living metabolism. shikimic acid is a key intermediate in the biochemical pathway from phosphoenolpyruvic acid to tyrosine. d-erythrose-4-phosphate + phosphoenoylpyruvate ¡æ 7-phospho-2-dehydro-3-deoxy- d-arabinoheptulosonate ¡æ 3-dehydroquinate ¡æ 3-dehydroshikimate ¡æ shikimate ¡æ 3-phosphoshikimate ¡æ 3-phospho-5-enoylpyruvylshikimate ¡æ chorismate ¡æ prephenate ¡æ phenylpyruvate (or p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate) ¡æ l-phenylalanine (or l-tyrosine) shikimic acid is a precursor of many alkaloids, aromatic amino acids, and indole derivatives. shikimic acid is widely used as a chiral building block for the synthesis of pharmaceuticals. an example of end product is an antiviral drug oseltamivir, a neuraminidase inhibitor used in the treatment and prophylaxis of both influenza a and influenza b. bring nature to better life! organic herb inc. address:n0.1038shanshuirenjia3rd,kaiyuanroad,xingsha,changsha,china contact : ms.lily sales manager phone +86 731 4060868 mobile +86 135 1747 5149 fax +86 731 4023669 email: lily@organic-herb.com website: http://www.organic-herb.com