Plant Terpenoids

Natural Products in Chemical Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 127-142

  Keeling, Christopher I ^a   Bohlmann, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Independent synthesis, chemical structure, biological stereochemistry; Plant terpenoid biosynthesis altered engineered, for human use; Plant terpenoids from C5, petroleum based alternatives; Plant terpenoids, biosynthetic pathways, regulated and spatially organized; Terpenoid diversity, biosynthesizing pathway complexity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881250217     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118391815.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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