An esterase is involved in geraniol production during palmarosa inflorescence development

Phytochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 257-264

  Dubey, Vinod Shanker ^a,d   Bhalla, Ritu ^b   Luthra, Rajesh ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^c NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cymbopogon martinii; Essential oil; Geraniol; Geranyl acetate esterase; Gramineae; Monoterpenoids; Palmarosa inflorescence

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL; ESTERASE; GERANIOL; GERANYL ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CYMBOPOGON FLEXUOSUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLOWER DEVELOPMENT; HIGHER PLANT; INFLORESCENCE; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

CYMBOPOGON; CYMBOPOGON MARTINII; POACEAE;

EID: 0038445380     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(03)00114-6     Document Type: Article

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