Menthol is the most familiar of the monoterpenes as both a pure natural product and as the
principal and characteristic constituent of the essential oil of peppermint (Mentha x piperita) …

The irreversible nature of reactions catalysed by P450s makes these enzymes landmarks in
the evolution of plant metabolic pathways. Founding members of P450 families are often …

Summarizing landmark research, Volume 2 of this essential series furnishes information on
the availability of germplasm resources that breeders can exploit for producing high-yielding …

The industrial application of biocatalysis for the production of natural flavour compounds is
illustrated by a discussion of the production of vanillin, γ-decalactone, carboxylic acids, C6 …

The past 5 years have seen significant progress in the field of limonene biotransformation,
especially with regard to the regiospecificity of microbial biocatalysts. Whereas earlier only …

The terpenes are secondary metabolites of plants that are produced, in part, as a defense
against microorganisms and insects in addition to their pollinator-attractive properties. 1 In …

Plants produce over 10,000 different diterpenes of specialized (secondary) metabolism, and
fewer diterpenes of general (primary) metabolism. Specialized diterpenes may have …

We present immunocytochemical localizations of four enzymes involved in p-menthane
monoterpene biosynthesis in mint: the large and small subunits of peppermint (Mentha x …

Environmental response genes are defined as those encoding proteins involved in
interactions external to the organism, including interactions among organisms and between …

Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (P450s) are important enzymes for generating some of
the enormous structural diversity of plant terpenoid secondary metabolites. In conifers …