Overexpression of CtCHS1 Increases Accumulation of Quinochalcone in Safflower

Carthami flos, the dried petal of safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine to treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, in which quinochalcone glucosides such as hydrosafflower yellow A (HSYA), carthamin are uniquely present and have been iden...

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Main Authors: Dandan Guo, Yingru Xue, Dongqiao Li, Beixuan He, Xinlei Jia, Xin Dong, Meili Guo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2017.01409/full