The formation of sugar chains in triterpenoid saponins and glycoalkaloids

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 237-257

  Kalinowska, Malgorzata ^a   Zimowski, Jan ^a   Pączkowski, Cezary ^a   Wojciechowski, Zdzislaw A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biosynthetic pathways; Glycosidases; Glycosylation; Glycosyltransferases; Nucleotide sugars

Indexed keywords

24 HYDROXYGLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; AVENACOSID A; AVENACOSID B; BETA AMYRIN; DIOSCIN; DIOSGENIN; ERYTHRODIOL; GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; GRACILLIN; NUATIGENIN; OLEANOLIC ACID; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; SARSASAPOGENIN; SMILAGENIN; SOLASODINE; SOLASONINE; SOYASAPOGENOL A; SOYASAPOGENOL B; SOYASAPOGENOL E; STEROID; SUGAR; TIGOGENIN; TOMATIDINE; TOMATINE; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; YAMOGENIN;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDUSTRY; HERBIVORY; MICROORGANISM; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 28644443926     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-005-1422-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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