Enzymatic production of 18-β-glycyrrhetinic acid from Glycyrrhiza glabra L.

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1907-1911

  Morana, Alessandra ^a   Di Lazzaro, Antonella ^b   Di Lernia, Isabella ^b   Ponzone, Cesare ^c   De Rosa, Mario ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROTEIN BIOCHEMISTRY   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c INDENA S P A   (Italy)

Author keywords

glucuronidase; 18 glycyrrhetinic acid; Bioconversion; Glycyrrhiza glabra; Glycyrrhizinic acid

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; GLYCYRRHIZA GLABRA;

EID: 0036858872     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020904325906     Document Type: Article

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