Biochemical and histochemical localization of monoterpene biosynthesis in the 
glandular trichomes of spearmint (Mentha spicata)

Gershenzon, J.; Maffei, M.; Croteau, R.

doi:10.1104/pp.89.4.1351

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Biochemical and histochemical localization of monoterpene biosynthesis in the glandular trichomes of spearmint (Mentha spicata)

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Gershenzon, J., Maffei, M., & Croteau, R. (1989). Biochemical and histochemical localization of monoterpene biosynthesis in the glandular trichomes of spearmint (Mentha spicata). Plant Physiology, 89(4), 1351-1357. doi:10.1104/pp.89.4.1351.

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Abstract

The primary monoterpene accumulated in the glandular trichomes of spearmint (Mentha spicata) is the ketone (-)-carvone which is formed by cyclization of the C10 isoprenoid intermediate geranyl pyrophosphate to the olefin (-)-limonene, hydroxylation to (