Microbial biotransformation is valuable for obtaining pharmaceutical, nutritional, and
cosmetical potential molecules. Basically, for its realization, only a parental molecule, a …

Ambergris is a very rare and highly valued fauna natural perfume. Its main component,
ambrein, undergoes oxidative degradation to produce ambroxide, forming the unique …

(−)-Ambroxide is a key ingredient of the fauna natural perfume ambergris, which is currently
mainly supplied by the semi-synthetic route using plant-extracted sclareol as the raw …

Sclareol glycol is a key starting material with significant market interest for synthesizing high-
value ambroxide, a sustainable substitute for ambergris in high-end fragrances. Sclareol …

The biocatalytic conversion of sclareol to ambradiol, a valuable component in the fragrance
industry, using whole-cell biotransformation by the dimorphic yeast Hyphozyma roseoniger …

Hyphozyma roseonigra is a dimorphic yeast used as a biocatalyst to convert sclareol, a plant
diterpenoid to ambradiol. The latter is an intermediate in the synthesis of ambrafuran, a high …