cinnamyl alcohol

Selective reduction: Cinnamyl alcohol is an important fragrance used in the perfumery industry.

Cinnamylpyrogallol was found to be a greater inhibitor of fungal growth than either cinnamyl alcohol or pyrogallol.

Rosavin is a cinnamyl alcohol glycoside found in the plant Rhodiola rosea.

Other names in common use include cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase, and CAD.

Rosarin is a cinnamyl alcohol glycoside isolated from Rhodiola rosea.

Cinnamyl alcohol similarly occurs naturally and has the odor of lilac, but can be also produced starting from cinnamaldehyde.

Lignin is a complex of molecules based around a branched polymer of cinnamyl alcohol derived monomers.

Unlike conventional catalysts, alcohol dehydrogenases are able to selectively act only on the latter, yielding exclusively cinnamyl alcohol.

Cinnamyl alcohol is an organic compound that is found in esterified form in storax, Balsam of Peru, and cinnamon leaves.

At present, antisense cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene has been introduced into E. camaldulensis to confirm whether or not it will change the content and/or quality of lignin.

S. fragilis also produces an NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase which reacts with cinnamyl alcohol as substrate but not with ethanol.

Line C plants also had greater peroxidase (POD) activity, whereas cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase and B-glucosidase activities were similar in the two genotypes.

Cinnamyl alcohol has a distinctive odour described as "sweet, balsam, hyacinth, spicy, green, powdery, cinnamic" and is used in perfumery and as a deodorant.

AND SCHUCH W. (1994) Manipulation of lignin quality by down-regulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.

A genome-wide analysis of the cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase family in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) identifies SbCAD2 as the brown midrib6 gene.

Whole-cell extracts of Rhodotorula glutinis grown on yeast extract – glucose medium contained minute quantities of NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase and cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.

AND BOERJAN W. (1996) Red xylem and higher lignin extractability by down-regulating a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase in poplar.

Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are cinnamyl alcohol and NADP, whereas its 3 products are cinnamaldehyde, NADPH, and H.

AND HIGUCHI T. (1995) Increase of cinnamaldehyde groups in lignin of transgenic tobacco plants carrying an antisense gene for cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.

AND KNIGHT M. (1998) Effect of down-regulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase on cell wall composition and on degradability of tobacco stems.

Cinnamyl alcohol has been found to have a sensitising effect on some people and as a result is the subject of a Restricted Standard issued by IFRA (International Fragrance Association).

The compound can be prepared from related compounds such as cinnamyl alcohol, (the alcohol form of cinnamaldehyde), but the first synthesis from unrelated compounds was the aldol condensation of benzaldehyde and acetaldehyde.

Gel column electrophoresis revealed three active bands of alcohol dehydrogenase activity which were identified as NAD-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase, NADP-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase, and cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase.

Abstract: 2-Propanol is shown to be an effective hydrogen donor, in the presence of palladium/carbon, for catalytic transfer hydrogenation reactions of benzylic and styryl compounds, e.g., for the quantitative conversion of cinnamyl alcohol into 3-phenylpropanol.

AND BOTTERMAN J. (1998) Down-regulation of cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase in transgenic alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) and the effect on lignin composition and digestibility.