Biosynthesis of β-sitosterol and stigmasterol in Croton sublyratus proceeds via a mixed origin of isoprene units

Phytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 389-398

  De Eknamkul, Wanchai ^a   Potduang, Buppachart ^a,b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thailand Inst Scien/Technol Res   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Sitosterol; Callus culture; Croton sublyratus Kurz; Deoxyxylulose pathway; Euphorbiaceae; Mevalonate pathway; Mixed isoprene units; Stigmasterol

Indexed keywords

ISOPRENE; MEVALONIC ACID; SITOSTEROL; STIGMASTEROL; XYLULOSE;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CROTON; GROWTH CURVE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; STEROL SYNTHESIS;

BUTADIENES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CROTON; GLUCOSE; HEMITERPENES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEVALONIC ACID; PENTANES; PLANT LEAVES; SITOSTEROLS; STIGMASTEROL; TIME FACTORS; XYLULOSE;

CROTON; CROTON SUBLYRATUS; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 0037308195     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9422(02)00555-1     Document Type: Article

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