Induction of isoflavonoid and retrochalcone branches of the flavonoid pathway in cultured glycyrrhiza echinata cells treated with yeast extract

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1618-1620

  Nakamura, Kazuhiko ^a   Akashi, Tomoyoshi ^a   Aoki, Toshio ^a   Kawaguchi, Kiichiro ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450; Elicitor; Fabaceae; Flavonoids; Glycyrrhiza echinata

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P 450 CYP81E1 (GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA); CYTOCHROME P 450 CYP93B1 (GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA); CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP81E1 (GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA); CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP93B1 (GLYCYRRHIZA ECHINATA); CYTOCHROME P450; FLAVONOID; ISOFLAVONE DERIVATIVE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GLYCYRRHIZA; MEDICINAL PLANT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; YEAST;

CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCYRRHIZA; ISOFLAVONES; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; YEASTS;

EID: 0033192101     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.63.1618     Document Type: Article

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