Biosynthesis and genetic engineering of proanthocyanidins and (iso)flavonoids

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 445-465

  Tian, Li ^a   Pang, Yongzhen ^a   Dixon, Richard A ^a  

^a PLANT BIOLOGY DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic engineering; Isoflavone; Nutraceutical; Proanthocyanidin

Indexed keywords

8 PRENYLNARINGENIN; AFZELECHIN; ANTHOCYANIDIN REDUCTASE; ANTHOCYANIDIN SYNTHASE; CATECHIN; CYP93C2 PROTEIN; DIHYDROFLAVONOL REDUCTASE; EPICATECHIN; FLAVANONE; GALLOCATECHIN; GRAPE SEED EXTRACT; ISOFLAVONE; ISOFLAVONOID; LEUKOANTHOCYANIDIN REDUCTASE; LUTEONE; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN; NORXANTHOHUMOL; NUTRACEUTICAL; OSAJIN; PHASEOLINONE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; POLYPHENOL; PORNIFERIN; PROANTHOCYANIDIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MYB; UNINDEXED DRUG; WIGHTEONE; XANTHOHUMOL;

ALFALFA; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARABIDOPSIS; BARREL MEDIC; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CACAO; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANBERRY JUICE; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; LEGUME; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VVMYBPA1 GENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 48449097118     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11101-007-9076-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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