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- Title
Research Advances in Plant Saponins Biosynthesis and its Regulation.
- Authors
LEI Cai-yan; LI Jing-jing; YAN Feng-ming
- Abstract
Saponins are a group of secondary metabolites occurring constitutively in most higher plant species, which have wide potential application in development of medicine, plant-derived pesticides, health products and nourishment. However, the contents of saponins are low and unstable in plants, which seriously affect the development and utilizations of these compounds. Therefore, regulation biosynthesis of saponins and improvement of its production have attracted more and more attention. This paper expounded the biosynthetic pathway, cultivation technology, genetic engineering, cell engineering and hairy root cultivation, and the research progress made in its synthesis of regulation. In addition, this paper also summarized the problems existing in this area and prospects the future research orientation.
- Publication
Journal of Agricultural Science & Technology (1008-0864), 2014, Vol 16, Issue 4, p50
- ISSN
1008-0864
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.13304/j.nykjdb.2014.033