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  • Dec 16, 2008, 10:55 PM
    greg_08
    How do plants manufacture oils and resins
    Hi there,

    I am looking for any information I can find on the question as to how plants (in general) produce oils and resins as part of their physiology/metabolic process. Specifically I 'do not' want to know 'why' they produce oils and resins, but how, chemically, oils and resins appear inside plants and form part of their physiology.

    (My background is in Viticulture, so I have studied Botany, Plant Physiology, Viticulture, Organic Chemistry, etc).

    Regards
    Greg
  • Dec 21, 2008, 09:11 AM
    asking

    The textbook "Plant Physiology" by Lincoln Taiz has a chapter on this topic. I suggest you get the book.

    Here's an online version, not sure if that's the whole book. (I just looked again. It's not.)
    Plant Physiology Online: Chapter

    "oils and resins" is pretty broad. If you want to look up a specific group like phenolics, terpenes, suberins, etc, that would probably be easier to get an answer on the web.

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