11. TERPENOIDS: METABOLISM
595
studies (22). With 2-C
14 -mevalonic acid, various terpene compounds
were obtained in vivo, e.g., cineol in Eucalyptus globulus Lab. (23),
α-pinene in Pinus attenuata (24), caoutchouc in Ficus elastica (25) and
teak (26).
Far more interesting is the incorporation into irregularly constructed
/
\
Eudesmol, santonin,
β-Vetivone
Guaiazulene
cyperone, pyrethrosin
vetivazulene
type
FIG. 2. Biogenesis of sesquiterpenes (28).
terpenes and terpenoids. These cases are considered below or in Chapter
3 of this volume. With radioactive tagged β,/3-dimethylacrylic acid the
biogenesis of pulegone was elucidated in Mentha pulegium L. (21). A
surprising finding was that latex from Hevea brasiliensis yielded in vitro
active caoutchouc from tagged acetic acid or DMA (27).
595
studies (22). With 2-C
14 -mevalonic acid, various terpene compounds
were obtained in vivo, e.g., cineol in Eucalyptus globulus Lab. (23),
α-pinene in Pinus attenuata (24), caoutchouc in Ficus elastica (25) and
teak (26).
Far more interesting is the incorporation into irregularly constructed
/
\
Eudesmol, santonin,
β-Vetivone
Guaiazulene
cyperone, pyrethrosin
vetivazulene
type
FIG. 2. Biogenesis of sesquiterpenes (28).
terpenes and terpenoids. These cases are considered below or in Chapter
3 of this volume. With radioactive tagged β,/3-dimethylacrylic acid the
biogenesis of pulegone was elucidated in Mentha pulegium L. (21). A
surprising finding was that latex from Hevea brasiliensis yielded in vitro
active caoutchouc from tagged acetic acid or DMA (27).