Bioengineering of important secondary metabolites and metabolic pathways in fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.)

Journal of Medicinal Plants

Volumn 9, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 1-18

  Mehrafarin, A ^a   Qaderi, A ^a   Rezazadeh, Sh ^a   Naghdi Badi, H ^a   Noormohammadi, Gh ^b   Zand, E ^c  

^a AVICENNA RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c Iranian Plant Protection Research Institute   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diosgenin; Fenugreek; Metabolic pathways; Secondary metabolites; Trigonelline

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIOSGENIN; DRUG METABOLITE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; ISOPENTENYL DIPHOSPHATE; LANOSTEROL; MEVALONIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; NICOTINIC ACID; QUINOLINIC ACID; SQUALENE; TRIGONELLINE;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; FENUGREEK; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

TRIGONELLA FOENUM-GRAECUM;

EID: 79953856300     PISSN: 2717204X     EISSN: 27172058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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