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Citrus paradisi Macf. (Grapefruit): In Vitro Culture and the Bioproduction of Sesquiterpenes Nootkatone, Valencene, and Other Secondary Metabolites

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 28))

Abstract

The genus Citrus (family Rutaceae), produces coumarins, flavanones, flavones, and flavonols which occur in the free form and/or as glycosides (Maier and Metzler 1967; Horowitz and Gentili 1977), in addition to an extremely complex group of compounds which are volatile and are responsible for determining the characteristic aroma of each Citrus variety (Ting and Rouseff 1986).

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Del Río, J.A., Ortuño, A. (1994). Citrus paradisi Macf. (Grapefruit): In Vitro Culture and the Bioproduction of Sesquiterpenes Nootkatone, Valencene, and Other Secondary Metabolites. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-30369-6_9

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