One of the most common causes of allergic contact dermatitis are plants. This article highlights potential irritant plants and products and examines current treatments.

Diterpene Esters Phorbol, daphnane, and diterpene are chemical irritants collectively known as diterpene esters. They are among the most irritant of plant-derived chemicals. [32] ...

Biosynthesis is the generation of natural products through enzymatic reactions, as in cellular metabolism. Successive enzymatic reactions by a number of enzymes are generally required to achieve a ...

Class II diterpene cyclases catalyze bicyclization of geranylgeranyl diphosphate. While this reaction typically is terminated via methyl deprotonation to yield copalyl diphosphate, in rare cases ...

A new labdane diterpene glucoside, curcumanggoside (1), together with nine known compounds, including labda-8 (17),12-diene-15,16-dial (2), calcaratarin A (3), zerumin B (4), scopoletin, ...