Organisation and function of embedded oil glands in eucalypts

一些桉树的叶子含有大量的精油，这些精油多年来一直被提取用于商业目的。然而，该行业的发展需要进行基础研究，以提高石油的产量和有价值成分的范围。本项目将利用一种分离和纯化叶面产油腺的新方法来鉴定一套新的油腺成分，并了解它们在油腺中的形成和分布方式。该研究也将有助于我们对油腺结构和功能的全面了解。

Some eucalypt leaves contain large quantities of essential oils, which have been extracted for commercial purposes for many years. Advancement of this industry, however, requires basic research directed at enhancing both the yield of oil and the range of valuable constituents. This project will make use of a new protocol for isolating and purifying the foliar oil-producing glands to identify a new suite of oil gland constituents and to understand the way in which they are made and deployed in the gland. The research will also contribute to our general understanding of oil gland structure and function.