Production of verbenol, a high valued food flavourant from a fusant strain of Aspergillus niger

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-422

  Vidya, C M ^a   Agrawal, R ^a  

^a CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYGLUCOSE; FLAVORING AGENT; PINENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERBENOL;

FUNGUS;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL VIABILITY; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUSION GENE; NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD; WILD TYPE;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIOTECHNOLOGY; FLAVORING AGENTS; MONOTERPENES; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 0141594722     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-003-1329-0     Document Type: Article

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