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SUMMARY
Recent advances in the biochemistry and molecular biology of monoterpene metabolism in peppermint suggest that increased accumulation of the menthol-rich essential oil in this species might be achieved by a general enhancement of the rate of biosynthesis and, more specifically, by increasing the expression of the gene encoding (−)-limonene synthase, the first committed step in monoterpene biosynthesis.