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PREVIOUS investigation of the cuticle oil of the ‘Granny Smith’ apple in this Laboratory indicated the presence of small amounts of a hydrocarbon with a conjugated diene absorption in the ultra-violet. In view of its possible connexion with the serious storage disorder ‘superficial scald’ it was isolated, and it has now been identified as the sesquiterpene farnesene (2,6-dimethyl-10-methylene-2,6, 11-dodecatriene)1,2.
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MURRAY, K., HUELIN, F. & DAVENPORT, J. Occurrence of Farnesene in the Natural Coating of Apples. Nature 204, 80 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204080a0
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