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Carvone is a
member of a
family of
chemicals called terpenoids.
Carvone is
found naturally in many
essential oils, but is most
abundant in the oils from...
- manufacturing. It is also used in
chemical synthesis as a
precursor to
carvone and as a renewables-based
solvent in
cleaning products. The less common...
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biological actions. For example,(+)-
Carvone is
responsible for the
smell of
caraway seed oil,
whereas (–)-
carvone is
responsible for
smell of spearmint...
- the L-enantiomer of the
chemical carvone or R-(−)-
carvone and
caraway seeds contain the D-enantiomer or S-(+)-
carvone. The two
smell different to most...
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Carvone reductase (EC 1.3.99.25) is an
enzyme with
systematic name (+)-dihydrocarvone:acceptor 1,6-oxidoreductase. This
enzyme catalyses the following...
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Wikibooks Cookbook has a recipe/module on Dill
Apiole and
dillapiole Carvone Limonene Myristicin Umbelliferone Fresh and
dried dill
leaves (sometimes...
- When ground,
caraway seeds yield up to 7.5% of
volatile oil,
mostly D-
carvone, and 15%
fixed oil of
which the
major fatty acids are oleic, linoleic,...
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ground cover, and has a very
strong caraway scent due to the
chemical carvone.
Thymus praecox (mother of thyme, wild thyme), is
cultivated as an ornamental...
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isopropyl propanoate (1.8%) and
terpinyl acetate (1.26%);
ketones such as
carvone (0.175%); and a
range of
aldehydes such as
citronellal (0.6%) and 2-methylundecanal...
- (+)-(S)-
carvone + NADH + H+ Thus, the two
substrates of this
enzyme are (+)-trans-carveol and NAD+,
whereas its 3
products are (+)-(S)-
carvone, NADH, and...
