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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2015

Tilting Plant Metabolism for Improved Metabolite Biosynthesis and Enhanced Human Benefit.

Bhekumthetho Ncube, Johannes Van Staden

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Bhekumthetho NcubeResearch Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa. ncubeb@ukzn.ac.za.
Johannes Van StadenResearch Centre for Plant Growth and Development, University of KwaZulu-Natal Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, South Africa. rcpgd@ukzn.ac.za.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The immense chemical diversity of plant-derived secondary metabolites coupled with their vast array of biological functions has seen this group of compounds attract considerable research interest across a range of research disciplines. Medicinal and aromatic plants, in particular, have been exploited for this biogenic pool of phytochemicals for products such as pharmaceuticals, fragrances, dyes, and insecticides, among others. With consumers showing increasing interests in these products, innovative biotechnological techniques are being developed and employed to alter plant secondary metabolism in efforts to improve on the quality and quantity of specific metabolites of interest. This review provides an overview of the biosynthesis for phytochemical compounds with medicinal and other related properties and their associated biological activities. It also provides an insight into how their biosynthesis/biosynthetic pathways have been modified/altered to enhance production.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, PlantAlkaloidsColoring AgentsFlavonoidsInsecticidesMetabolic EngineeringPhytochemicalsPlantsPlants, Genetically ModifiedSecondary MetabolismTanninsTerpenesTransgenesAlkaloidsColoring AgentsFlavonoidsInsecticidesPhytochemicalsTanninsTerpenesbioactivitybiosynthesismetabolismplant secondary metabolite

Identifiers

PMID26184148
PMCPMC6331799

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