Reseda odorata

Mignonette.—This plant—-reseda odorata—is widely cultivated in Grasse and Cannes for ite flowers, which are characterized by a peouliar and vary delicate fragrance. The odor is extracted by the process of enfleurage and te give it consistency, the extract is generally mixed with a little violet. 

New glucosinolates continue to be reported, e.g., compounds (31) and (32) from the seeds of Malcolmia maritima and from Reseda odorata, respectively. The latter paper also describes the isolation of 2-hydroxy-2-methylpropyl- and 2-hydroxy-2-phenyl-glucosinolate from R. alba and R. luteola, respectively. A compound, merosinigrin isolated many years ago as a by-product of the alkaline treatment of sinigrin (33) has been shown to be (34) (Scheme 8)." ... 

C2oH29NO,4S2 571.579 Isol. from Reseda odorata. Xma 270 276 (no solvent reported). 

Aromatic Amiiio-acids.— Hydroxylation of 3-(3-carboxyphenyl)alanine (39) to give 3-(3-carboxy-4-hydroxyphenyl)alanine (40) has been demonstrated in Reseda lutea and R. odorata. The two amino-acids have been previously shown to be shikimic acid-dcrived. On the basis of experiments in R. lutea... 

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