Recent advances in betalain research

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-269

  Strack, Dieter ^a   Vogt, Thomas ^a   Schliemann, Willibald ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aldimine formation; Dopa dioxygenase; Glucosyltransferase; Polyphenoloxidase; Spontaneous reaction; Structure elucidation; Tyrosinase

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; BETALAIN; CATECHOL OXIDASE; DOPA; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SCAVENGER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE DERIVATIVE;

CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHROMATOPHORE; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMANITA; BETALAINS; CARYOPHYLLACEAE; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; OXYGENASES; PHYLOGENY; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS;

CARYOPHYLLALES; FUNGI; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM);

EID: 0037308033     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00564-2     Document Type: Review

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