Application of metabolic engineering to the production of scopolamine

Molecules

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1722-1742

  Palazón, Javier ^a   Navarro Ocaña, Arturo ^b   Hernandez Vazquez, Liliana ^a   Mirjalili, Mohammad Hossein ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hairy roots; Hyoscyamine; Hyoscyamine 6 hydroxylase; Putrescine N methyltransferase; Scopolamine

Indexed keywords

SCOPOLAMINE;

BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACEUTICS; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

GENETIC ENGINEERING; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; SCOPOLAMINE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 50949087121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules13081722     Document Type: Review

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