Hirata T, Ikeda Y, Izumi S, Shimoda K, Hamada H, Kawamura T
Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.
Phytochemistry. 1994 Sep;37(2):401-3. 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.