BIOTRANSFORMATION OF (- AND (-)-LIMONENE BY THE LARVAE OF COMMON CUTWORM (SPODOPTERA-LITURA)())

Authors
MIYAZAWA M WADA T KAMEOKA H
Citation
M. Miyazawa et al., BIOTRANSFORMATION OF (- AND (-)-LIMONENE BY THE LARVAE OF COMMON CUTWORM (SPODOPTERA-LITURA)()), Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 46(1), 1998, pp. 300-303
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science & Tenology",Agriculture,"Chemistry Applied
Journal title
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218561
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
300 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8561(1998)46:1<300:BO(A(B>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
(+)-Limonene was mixed in an artificial diet at a concentration of 1 m g/g of diet, and the diet was fed to the last instar larvae of common cutworm (Spodoptera litura). Metabolites were recovered from frass and analyzed spectroscopically. (+)-Limonene was transformed mainly to ()-p-menth-1-ene-8,9-diol (uroterpenol) and (+)-p-mentha-1,8-dien-7-oic acid (perillic acid). Similarly, (-)-limonene was transformed mainly to (-)-p-menth-1-ene-8,9-diol (uroterpenol) and (-)-p-mentha-1,8-dien- 7-oic acid (perillic acid). The results indicate that there is little difference in metabolic pathway between the (+)- and (-)-forms.