Perillyl Alcohol

**Semantic type:** Organic Chemical|Pharmacologic Substance

**Definition:** A naturally occurring monoterpene related to limonene with antineoplastic activity. Perillyl alcohol inhibits farnesyl transferase and geranylgeranyl transferase, thereby preventing post-translational protein farnesylation and isoprenylation and activation of oncoproteins such as p21-ras, and arresting tumor cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. (NCI04)

**Synonyms:** - (S)-(-)-Perillyl Alcohol - (S)-(-)-Perillyl alcohol - (S)-4-Isopropenyl-1-cyclohexenylmethanol - 1-Cyclohexene-1-methanol - 4-(1-Methylethenyl) - 4-(1-Methylethenyl)-1-cyclohexene-1-methanol - 4-Isopropenylcyclohex-1-ene-1-methanol - Dihydrocuminyl Alcohol - NEO100 - PERILLYL ALCOHOL - POH - Perilla Alcohol - Perilla alcohol - Perillic Alcohol - Perillic alcohol - Perillol - Perillol - [(4S)-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-1-cyclohexenyl]methanol - p-Mentha-1,8-dien-7-ol - p-Mentha-1,8-dien-7-ol - perillyl alcohol