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Microbial transformation of propenylbenzenes for natural flavour production

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Propenylbenzenes are common aromatic compounds that are often used as starting compounds for the production of various flavours. Recently, microbial transformation has emerged as an important approach for producing natural flavours in high quantities. Because the biotransformation processes are environmentally friendly and the products are considered 'natural', flavour production using this method is attracting more and more attention. This paper reviews recent advances in the application of microbial metabolism to propenylbenzenes and in subsequent flavour production. Vanillin, a valuable aromatic compound, is used as a model to show recent progress in high-value natural flavour production. Future research should focus on metabolic-mechanism characterisation and on optimisation of biotransformation to improve the yields of target products for scale-up and industrial use.

Ping Xu、Dongliang Hua、Cuiqing Ma

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Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, PR China

2007

Trends in biotechnology

Trends in biotechnology

SCI
ISSN:0167-7799
年,卷(期):2007.25(12)