S. Sagner et al., DIFFERENTIAL INCORPORATION OF 1-DEOXY-D-XYLULOSE INTO MONOTERPENES AND CAROTENOIDS IN HIGHER-PLANTS, Chemical communications, (2), 1998, pp. 221-222
1-Deoxy-D-xylulose labelled with C-13 or C-14 is incorporated into the
monoterpenoids menthone, menthol, menthofuran, eucalyptol, pulegone,
geraniol and thymol by higher plants, however, the rate of incorporati
on was lower as compared with incorporation into carotene and phytol.