Substrate | Oxidation of (+)- and (−)-Limonene | |||||
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Formation of Carveol | Formation of Perillyl Alcohol | |||||
Km | Vmax | Vmax/Km | Km | Vmax | Vmax/Km | |
mM | nmol/min/mg protein | nM−1min−1 | mM | nmol/min/mg protein | nM−1min−1 | |
(+)-Limonene | 0.47 ± 0.19 | 0.17 ± 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.28 ± 0.17 | 0.35 ± 0.30 | 1.25 |
(−)-Limonene | 0.45 ± 0.12 | 0.18 ± 0.10 | 0.40 | 0.24 ± 0.17 | 0.39 ± 0.27 | 1.62 |
Data for limonene oxidation activities are means of five human samples and S.D.