Neric acid

An analogous experiment was run by the same group to study the bioconversion of nerol. It was degraded in essentially the same way as geraniol. Identical products as from geraniol were recovered as major metabolites, together with neral and neric acid [37]. 

Citral (a mixture of geranial (276) and neral (275), 56 44 peak area in GC) is easily transformed to geraniol (271) and nerol (272), respectively, of which geraniol (32) is further hydrogenated to (+)-citronellol (258) and (-)-citronellol (258 ). Geranic acid (278) and neric acid (277) as the minor products are also formed from 276 and 275, respectively. On the other hand, when either 271 or 272 is used as a substrate, both compounds are isomerized to each other, and then 271 is transformed to citronellol (258 or 258 ). These results showed the Euglena could distinguish between... 

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