Biosynthesis of the flavour precursors of onion and garlic

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 55, Issue 404, 2004, Pages 1903-1918

  Jones, Meriel G ^a   Hughes, Jill ^a   Tregova, Angela ^a   Milne, Jonothan ^a   Tomsett, A Brian ^a   Collin, Hamish A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

glutannyl alk(en)yl cysteine sulphoxide; Alliaceae; Alliinase; Cysteine synthase; Flavour precursor biosynthesis; Garlic; Glutathione metabolism; Onion; S alk(en)yl cysteine sulphoxide

Indexed keywords

BIOSYNTHESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ALLIINASE; SECONDARY METABOLITES;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

1 PROPENYLCYSTEINE SULFOXIDE; 1-PROPENYLCYSTEINE SULFOXIDE; ALLIIN; CYSTEINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLUTATHIONE; METHIIN; S PROPYL CYSTEINE SULFOXIDE; S-PROPYL CYSTEINE SULFOXIDE; SULFOXIDE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; GARLIC; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; ONION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CYSTEINE; GARLIC; GENOME, PLANT; GLUTATHIONE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; ONIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SULFOXIDES;

ALLIACEAE; ALLIUM; ALLIUM CEPA; ALLIUM SATIVUM; BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 4344620919     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erh138     Document Type: Conference Paper

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