Planta Medica, Table of Contents Planta Med 1993; 59(2): 168-170DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-959636 Papers © Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New YorkGeraniol Dehydrogenase: A Determinant of Essential Oil Quality in Lemongrass1 Neelam Singh-Sangwan, Rajender Singh Sangwan, Rajesh Luthra, Raghunath Singh Thakur Contral Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Post Bag 1, RSM Nagar, Lucknow-226016, India 1 CIMAP Communication No. 992 Recommend Article Abstract PDF Download Buy Article Abstract Geraniol dehydrogenase, the specific enzyme involved in geraniol to citral trans (geranial) transformation, activity was monitored in various lemongrass cultivars differing in amounts and relative percentages of citral and geraniol in their essential oils. The enzyme activity had a positive and significant association with citral to geraniol, and geranial to geraniol ratios. The results are suggestive of a strong relationship between the enzyme activity and essential oil quality in lemongrass cultivars. Key words Lemongrass (Cymbopogonflexuosus Stapf.) - cultivars - geraniol dehydrogenase - essential oil quality - biochemical screening - citral PDF (195 kb)
