Evolution of morphine biosynthesis in opium poppy

Phytochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 15-16, 2009, Pages 1696-1707

  Ziegler, Jörg ^a,b   Facchini, Peter J ^b   Geißler, René ^a   Schmidt, Jürgen ^a   Ammer, Christian ^a   Kramell, Robert ^a   Voigtländer, Susan ^a   Gesell, Andreas ^a   Pienkny, Silke ^a   Brandt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzylisoquinoline alkaloids; Metabolite profiling; Morphine; Papaver somniferum; Papaveraceae; Short chain dehydrogenase reductase; Transcript profiling

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; BENZYLISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; MORPHINE; RETICULINE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PAPAVER; REVIEW; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALKALOIDS; BENZYLISOQUINOLINES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MORPHINE; PAPAVER; STEREOISOMERISM; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

PAPAVER; PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM; PAPAVERACEAE;

EID: 70350710764     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.07.006     Document Type: Review

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