Tob. Sci., 1988, 32-24, p. 99-103, ISSN. 0082-4523
Isolation and preparative chromatography of the major cuticular diterpenes of green tobacco
Tobacco Quality and Safety Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Athens, GA, USA; Nematodes, Weeds and Crops Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA, USA; Pee Dee Research and Education Center, Clemson University, Florence, SC, USA; Tobacco Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Oxford, NC, USA
Recent studies have shown that the gummy exudates on the surface of green tobacco leaves have biological and insect-attracting properties. This is especially true for the diterpene compounds α- and β-4,8,13-duvatriene-1,3-diols. In order to conduct...