Medically useful plant terpenoids: Biosynthesis, occurrence, and mechanism of action

Molecules

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 2019, Pages

  Bergman, Matthew E ^a   Davis, Benjamin ^a   Phillips, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450s; Isoprenoids; Medicinal plants; Plant natural products; Terpene synthases; Terpenoid biosynthesis

Indexed keywords

2-C-METHYLERYTHRITOL 4-PHOSPHATE; 3-INGENYL ANGELATE; CANNABINOID; DITERPENOID; ERYTHRITOL; MEVALONIC ACID; PACLITAXEL; SUGAR PHOSPHATE; TERPENE; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CANNABINOIDS; DITERPENES; ERYTHRITOL; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEVALONIC ACID; MONOTERPENES; PACLITAXEL; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; TERPENES; THAPSIGARGIN;

EID: 85074376795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules24213961     Document Type: Review

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