Phenolics

At BVpam we are interested in volatile phenolic compounds that are important perfume notes in many essential oils. We study specific biosynthetic pathways and search for high expression alleles. Among other we published the 3,5-dimethoxytoluene pathway from orcinol, which is part of the « tea scent » of Chinese roses. We also studied the eugenol pathway from phenylalanine, as part of scent from clove, along with segregation alleles coding for the phenylacetaldehyde synthesis, a pathway that produces the strong rosewater-scented 2-phenylethanol.