2Z,6E-Farnesol

Isoprenoids and isoprenols are key metabolic intermediates for biosynthesis of steroids, including cholesterol and hormones that regulate human reproduction or fertility, and posttranslational modifications of proteins in signal transduction pathways for cell division and regulation of vesicular trafficking. Farnesol is an acyclic sesquiterpene alcohol and the 2E,6E-isomer being the most common in nature. 2Z,6E-Farnesol is a metabolite in the sesquiterpenoid and triterpenoid biosynthesis, formed by farnesol 2-isomerase from 2E,6E-farnesol.