Biosynthesis of succulent bamboo shoots of Bambusa balcooa into phytosterols and its biotransformation into ADD

Acta Botanica Sinica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 114-117

  Sarangthem, Kananbala ^a   Singh, Thongam Nabakumar ^a  

^a MANIPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

17 dione (ADD); 4 diene 3; Androsta 1; Bambusa balcooa; Biosynthesis; Phytosterols

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BIOTECHNOLOGY; STEROID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BAMBUSA; BAMBUSA BALCOOA;

EID: 0042830703     PISSN: 05777496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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