GERANIOL DEHYDROGENASE - A DETERMINANT OF ESSENTIAL OIL QUALITY IN LEMONGRASS

Authors
SINGHSANGWAN N SANGWAN RS LUTHRA R THAKUR RS
Citation
N. Singhsangwan et al., GERANIOL DEHYDROGENASE - A DETERMINANT OF ESSENTIAL OIL QUALITY IN LEMONGRASS, Planta medica, 59(2), 1993, pp. 168-170
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pharmacology & Pharmacy","Plant Sciences
Journal title
Planta medica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00320943
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
168 - 170
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-0943(1993)59:2<168:GD-ADO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Geraniol dehydrogenase, the specific enzyme involved in geraniol to ci tral trans (geranial) transformation, activity was monitored in variou s lemon-grass cultivars differing in amounts and relative percentages of citral and geraniol in their essential oils. The enzyme activity ha d a positive and significant association with citral to geraniol, and geranial to geraniol ratios. The results are suggestive of a strong re lationship between the enzyme activity and essential oil quality in le mongrass cultivars.