Spodoptera litura limonene

Both (+) and (-) limonene were transformed by larvae of the cutworm Spodoptera litura (Miyazawa et al. 1998) the reactions for both enantiomers involved (1) dihydroxylation between C-8 and C-9 and (2) oxidation of the C-l methyl group to carboxyl. These transformations were not dependent on the intestinal microflora in comparison with the transformation of oc-ter-pinene to p-mentha-l,3-dien-7-ol and p-cymene whose formation could be attributed to the intestinal flora. 

Miyazawa, M., T. Wada, and H. Kameoka. 1998. Biotransformation of (+) and (-) limonene by the larvae of common cutworm (Spodoptera litura).. Agric. Food Chem. 46 300-303. 

FIGURE 19.39 Biotransformation of (+) limonene (68) and (-)-limonene (68 ) by Spodoptera litura. (Modi ed from Miyazawa, M. et al., Biotransformation of terpinene, limonene and a-phellandrene in common cutworm larvae, Spodoptera litura Fabricius, Proceedings of 39th TEAC, 1995a. pp. 362-363.)... 

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