MONOTERPENOID ESSENTIAL OILS ARE NOT OF MEVALONOID ORIGIN

Authors
EISENREICH W SAGNER S ZENK MH BACHER A
Citation
W. Eisenreich et al., MONOTERPENOID ESSENTIAL OILS ARE NOT OF MEVALONOID ORIGIN, Tetrahedron letters, 38(22), 1997, pp. 3889-3892
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Inorganic & Nuclear
Journal title
Tetrahedron letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00404039
Volume
38
Issue
22
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3889 - 3892
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-4039(1997)38:22<3889:MEOANO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Incorporation of [1-C-13]- and [U-C-13(6)] glucose shows that monoterp enoid essential oils (geraniol, menthone, pulegone, thymol) are biosyn thesised in plants by a pathway which is different from the establishe d mevalonic acid route. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.