ENANTIOSELECTIVITY IN THE HYDROLYSIS OF BICYCLIC MONOTERPENE ACETATES WITH THE CULTURED CELLS OF NICOTIANA TABACUM

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)83743-7

Key Word Index - Nicotiana tabacum; Solanaceae; tissue culture; biotransformation; hydrolysis; enantioselectivity; bicyclic monoterpene acetates.The enantioselectivity in the hydrolysis of bornyl acetate; isobornyl acetate and isopinocampheyl acetate with the cultured cells of Nicotiana tabacum was investigated.The cultured cells were found to have the ability to hydrolyse enantioselectively the acetates, of which the configuration at the carbon atom bearing the acetoxyl group is R.