Cyclopentanoid Terpene Biosynthesis in a Phasmid Insect and in Catmint
- 7 January 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 151 (3706), 79-80
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.151.3706.79
Abstract
The stick insect, Anisomorpha buprestoides, and the catmint, Nepeta cataria, produce closely related cyclopentanoid terpenes, anisomorphal and nepetalactone. Tracer experiments with isotopes indicate that anisomorphal is synthesized by the walking stick from normal terpene precursors (acetate or mevalonate). In the catmint plant, isolated leaf disks synthesized nepetalactone, utilizing the same precursors.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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