Identification of a precursor of β-methyl-γ-octalactone in the wood of Sessile oak (Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.)

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 4306-4309

  Masson, Eric ^a   Baumes, Raymond ^a   Le Guernevé, Christine ^a   Puech, Jean Louis ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Methyl octalactone; Precursor; Quercus petraea; Sessile oak; Whiskey lactone

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 3 OCTALACTONE; GALLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; OCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WOOD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHIRALITY; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREE;

LACTONES; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 0033795255     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0002950     Document Type: Article

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