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SUBMITTER: Diaz-Chavez ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3854609 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Diaz-Chavez Maria L ML Moniodis Jessie J Madilao Lufiani L LL Jancsik Sharon S Keeling Christopher I CI Barbour Elizabeth L EL Ghisalberti Emilio L EL Plummer Julie A JA Jones Christopher G CG Bohlmann Jörg J
PloS one 20130918 9
Sandalwood oil is one of the world's most highly prized essential oils, appearing in many high-end perfumes and fragrances. Extracted from the mature heartwood of several Santalum species, sandalwood oil is comprised mainly of sesquiterpene olefins and alcohols. Four sesquiterpenols, α-, β-, and epi-β-santalol and α-exo-bergamotol, make up approximately 90% of the oil of Santalum album. These compounds are the hydroxylated analogues of α-, β-, and epi-β-santalene and α-exo-bergamotene. By mining ...[more]