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Table 1 Monoterpenes formed from geranyl diphosphate in cell-free enzyme assays of total protein extracts from CZ laser microdissected tissue and whole cross sections.

From: Laser microdissection of conifer stem tissues: Isolation and analysis of high quality RNA, terpene synthase enzyme activity and terpenoid metabolites from resin ducts and cambial zone tissue of white spruce (Picea glauca)

 

Cambial Zone

Whole Cross Sections

Product

% Total

St. Error

% Total

St. Error

(-)-α(-Pinene

22.2

1.0

3.9

0.8

(+)-α(-Pinene

19.0

0.8

2.9

0.5

(-)-β(-Phellandrene

28.4

0.7

12.3

3.7

(-)-β(-Pinene

20.7

1.0

8.4

0.3

(+)-3-Carene

8.1

1.2

25.6

2.2

(-)-Limonene

1.7

0.9

15.6

2.1

(α-Terpinolene

nd

nd

14.9

2.1

(+)-Sabinene

nd

nd

11.9

2.4

Myrcene

nd

nd

4.5

1.9