Precursor biotransformation in immobilized placental tissues of Capsicum frutescens mill. I. Influence of feeding intermediate metabolites of the capsaicinoid pathway on capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin accumulation

Journal of Plant Physiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 481-485

  Sudhakar Johnson, T ^a,b   Ravishankar, G A ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b DABUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Biotransformation; Capsaicin; Capsicum frutescens Mill.; Dihydrocapsaicin; Immobilized plant cells; Phenylpropanoid compounds; Plant cell cultures

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM FRUTESCENS;

EID: 0030019196     PISSN: 01761617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0176-1617(96)80035-6     Document Type: Article

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