INTRODUCTION OF OXYGENATED FUNCTIONAL GROUPS INTO 3-CARENE AND 2-PINENE BY CULTURED CELLS

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/0031-9422(94)85067-4

The biotransformation of the monoterpene hydrocarbons 3-carene and 2-pinene by cell suspension cultures of Nicotiana tabacum and Catharanthus roseus was investigated.The cultures have the ability to regio- and enantioselectively introduce the oxygenated functional groups into the C=C double bond and the allylic positions of the substrates. - Key words: Nicotiana tabacum; Solanaceae; Catharanthus roseus; Apocyanaceae; cultured cells; biotransformation; epoxidation; hydroxylation; carene; pinene.