Chorismate (Just down the road from shikimate)

Chorismate lies along a biosynthetic pathway in plants that leads to the aromatic amino acids.

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A bit further up the pathway is shikimate, which is present in many organisms but especially abundant in star anise, and a precursor to Tamiflu (see also)

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