Biotransformation of ferulic acid and vanillylamine to capsaicin and vanillin in immobilized cell cultures of Capsicum frutescens

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-121

  Sudhakar Johnson, T ^a,b   Ravishankar, G A ^a   Venkataraman, L V ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Capsaicin; Capsicum frutescens Mill; Dihydrocapsaicin; Immobilized plant cells; Vanillin

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000264339     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00048188     Document Type: Article

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