Metabolic engineering of the phenylpropanoid pathway enhances the antioxidant capacity of Saussurea involucrata.

The rare wild species of snow lotus Saussurea involucrata is a commonly used medicinal herb with great pharmacological value for human health, resulting from its uniquely high level of phenylpropanoid compound production. To gain information on the phenylpropanid biosynthetic pathway genes in this c...

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Main Authors: Jian Qiu, Fenghua Gao, Guoan Shen, Chonghui Li, Xiaoyan Han, Qiao Zhao, Dexiu Zhao, Xuejun Hua, Yongzhen Pang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3743766?pdf=render