Biochemistry of terpenoids monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and diterpenes

Mohamed Ashour Michael Wink and Jonathan Gershenzon  

Keywords biosynthesis genes monoterpenes sesquiterpenes diterpenes mevalonate pathway methylerythritol phosphate pathway 

This chapter is an update from an earlier version from J. Gershenzon and W. Kreis printed in the first edition in 1999. 

The enormous structural diversity of fhe ferpenoids is almost matched by their functional variability. Terpenoids have well-established roles in almost all basic plant processes, including growth, development, reproduction and 

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GERSHENZON, J., KREIS, W., Biochemistry of terpenoids Monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, diterpenes, sterols, cardiac glycosides and steroid saponins, in Biochemistry of Plant Secondary Metabolism (M. Wink, ed.), CRC Press LLC. 1999, pp. 222-299. 

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