Bioproduction of terpenoid indole alkaloids from Catharanthus roseus cell cultures

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

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 85-117

  Almagro, Lorena ^a   Sottomayor, Mariana ^b   Angeles Pedreño, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioproduction; Biosynthetic pathways; Catharanthus roseus; In vitro cultures; Terpenoid indole alkaloids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966277184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_4     Document Type: Chapter

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