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A Novel Enzyme from Solanum Habrochaites that Synthesizes Sesquiterpenes
IntroductionZingiberene is a sesquiterpene produced by many plant species including ginger, turmeric, cultivated tomato, and its wild relatives. It is synthesized at particularly high levels in the trichomes of certain accessions of the wild tomato species Solanum habrochaites and is a potent insect repellent. The identification of a gene from S. habrochaites...
Published: 8/22/2023   |   Inventor(s): Cornelius Barry, Eliana Gonzales-Vigil
Keywords(s): Insect Resistance, Terpene, Transgenic Crops
Category(s): Biotechnology, Agriculture
Simple, Scalable Synthesis of Terpenoid Compounds for Pharmaceutical Research
Systematically Provides a Diverse Array of Polycyclic Terpene Cores for Use in Drug Design and DevelopmentStructurally complex terpenoid compounds provide access to a wide assortment of potential biological functions that can be exploited to develop pharmaceutical therapies. Despite recent efforts to increase efficiency within the pharmaceutical research...
Published: 6/27/2021   |   Inventor(s): Alexander Grenning
Keywords(s): Natural Products, Terpene, Total synthesis
Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering > Chemical