1 Department of Plant Tissue Cultures, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Flemingovo nám. 2, 166 10 Praha 6, Czech Republic
Abstract:
(S)-(−)- and (R)-(+)-limonene was transformed to carvone via corresponding cis- and trans-carveol using Solanum aviculare and Dioscorea deltoidea plant cells. Both carveols and carvone formed were racemic in all biotransformations.