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OCH3 CH3O OCH3
OCH3 OCH3

CH2 CH CH2 addition of ( OH ) CH2 CH CH2

Methyl eugenol then methylation Elemicin
appropriate enzyme

OCH3 OCH3
OCH3
OCH3
CH CH CH3
simple double bond shift
CH2 CH CH2 appropriate enzyme Methyl iso eugenol

Methyl eugenol

This is an example of a:
one-gene-one enzyme hypothesis

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