A review of biotechnological artemisinin production in plants

Frontiers in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Ikram, Nur K B K ^a   Simonsen, Henrik T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Artemisia annua; Artemisinin; Bioengineering; Malaria; Plant biotechnology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035786932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664462X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01966     Document Type: Review

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