Novel protocols for the in vitro production of highly valuable sesquiterpenoids

The sesquiterpenes (+)-germacrene A and (-)-germacrene D are natural semiochemicals currently employed in developing alternative and more sustainable crops. In planta (or in Nature), these relatively complex cyclodecadienes C15 hydrocarbons are biosynthesised from farnesyl diphosphate (FDP) by the a...

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Main Author: Cascón, Oscar
Published: Cardiff University 2016
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.690942