Shikimic Acid

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.

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