Cardenolide aglycone formation in digitalis

Isoprenoid Synthesis in Plants and Microorganisms: New Concepts and Experimental Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 425-438

  Kreis, Wolfgang ^a   Müller Uri, Frieder ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Cardenolides; Cardiac glycosides; Cytochrome P450; Digitalis; Enone reductase; Gene expression; Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Isoplexis; Molecular cloning; Oxidoreductase; Phylogeny; Plantaginaceae; SDR; Short chain dehydrogenase reductase family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897667616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-4063-5_29     Document Type: Chapter

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