Metabolic engineering of microbial cell factories for production of nutraceuticals

Microbial Cell Factories

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Yuan, Shuo Fu ^a   Alper, Hal S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Co culture system; Metabolic engineering; Nutraceuticals; Value added products

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AFZELECHIN; ASTAXANTHIN; BETA ALANINE; BETA CAROTENE; CAROTENOID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FLAVAN 3 OL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; KAEMPFEROL; LINOLENIC ACID; LYCOPENE; NARINGENIN; NUTRACEUTICAL; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CARBON SOURCE; CARDIOTOXICITY; COCULTURE; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

EID: 85062890644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1096-y     Document Type: Review

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