Biosynthesis of estragole and methyl-eugenol in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L). Developmental and chemotypic association of allylphenol O-methyltransferase activities

Plant Science

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-35

  Lewinsohn, Efraim ^a   Ziv Raz, Iris ^a,b   Dudai, Nativ ^a   Tadmor, Yaacov ^a   Lastochkin, Elena ^a   Larkov, Olga ^a   Chaimovitsh, David ^a   Ravid, Uzi ^a   Putievsky, Eli ^a   Pichersky, Eran ^c   Shoham, Yuval ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential oils; Estragole; Lamiaceae; Methyl eugenol; O methyltransferase; Ocimum basilicum L.; Sweet basil

Indexed keywords

ALLYLPHENOL O METHYLTRANSFERASE; ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTRAGOLE; EUGENOL; LINALOOL; METHYLTRANSFERASE; OCIMUM BASILICUM EXTRACT; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENOTYPE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF;

BASILICUM; LAMIACEAE; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 0034619737     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(00)00357-5     Document Type: Article

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