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Biochemistry of Essential Oil Terpenes

A Thirty Year Overview

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During the last thirty years, the number of structurally defined terpenoids has increased to over 30,000 and methods for the study of the biogenetic origins of these natural products have progressed from in vivo feeding experiments with labeled precursors, to work with cell-free enzyme systems, to the application of newer molecular biological approaches. Advances in this now well unified field are described, with emphasis on the biochemistry of monoterpenes and the biotechnological applications afforded by modern molecular genetics.

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  • Mevalonic Acid
  • Isoprenoid Biosynthesis
  • Isopentenyl Diphosphate
  • Geranyl Diphosphate
  • Secondary Transformation

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Little, D.B., Croteau, R.B. (1999). Biochemistry of Essential Oil Terpenes. In: Teranishi, R., Wick, E.L., Hornstein, I. (eds) Flavor Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4693-1_21

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