Hh. Pattekhan et al., INFLUENCE OF BETA-CYCLODEXTRIN IN BIO-TRANSFORMATION OF (-3-CARENE BYCELL-SUSPENSION CULTURES OF ACETOBACTER-ACETII()), Biotechnology techniques, 11(6), 1997, pp. 379-383
Acetobacter acetii, a local isolate transformed (+)-3-carene. beta-Cyc
lodextrin enhanced the stability of the products and also aided the ge
neration of step-wise transformation giving rise to oxygented derivati
ves at positions 2,3,4 and 5. Both the control and beta-cyclodextrin m
ediated transformations gave rise to 17 transformation products which
included 8-hydroxy-m-cymene, carane-3,4-diol-2,5-dione, 3-carene-2-ol-
5-one, 3,4-epoxy-carane, 3-carene-2,5-diol and carane-carboxylic acid.
A plausible orientation of (+)-3-carene inside beta-cyclodextrin cavi
ty is also suggested.