A biochemical interpretation of terpene chemotypes in melaleuca alternifolia

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 652-661

  Keszei, Andras ^a   Hassan, Yasmin ^a   Foley, William J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aromadendrene; Australian Tea Tree; Barycentric plot; Calamenene; Chemotypes; Cineole; Melaleuca alternifolia; Terpene synthase (TPS); Terpinen 4 ol; Terpinolene; Viridiflorene

Indexed keywords

1,8 CINEOLE SYNTHETASE; 1,8-CINEOLE SYNTHETASE; GERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE SABINENE HYDRATE CYCLASE; GERANYL PYROPHOSPHATE-SABINENE HYDRATE CYCLASE; ISOMERASE; LYASE; SESQUITERPENE; TERPENE; TERPENE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE; VEGETABLE OIL; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESSENTIAL OIL; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; TEA; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MELALEUCA; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF;

ALKYL AND ARYL TRANSFERASES; CARBON-CARBON LYASES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INTRAMOLECULAR LYASES; MELALEUCA; MONOTERPENES; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT OILS; PLANT PROTEINS; SESQUITERPENES;

MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA ALTERNIFOLIA;

EID: 77953326833     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-010-9798-y     Document Type: Article

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