Biotransformation of terpenoids and steroids

Natural Products: Phytochemistry, Botany and Metabolism of Alkaloids, Phenolics and Terpenes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2733-2759

  Tong, Wang Yu ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Steroid; Steroid biotransformation and degradation; Steroidogenesis; Terpenoid; Terpenoid biosynthesis; Terpenoidogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905455588     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_122     Document Type: Chapter

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