Meadowfoam (Limnanthes alba) is a commercial oilseed annual crop
grown in Oregon. After extracting oil from seed, the remaining seed
meal is rich in the secondary plant metabolite glucolimnanthin, which
can be converted into pesticidal compounds such as 3-methoxybenzyl
isothiocyanate (ITC) and 3-methoxyphenylacetonitrile (nitrile) in the
presence of the enzyme...