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Biotechnological approaches for producing aryltetralin lignans from Linum species
The genus Linum includes more than 230 globally distributed species, which have attracted great interest as they grow rapidly and are already sources of commercially important products, e.g. flax and linseed oil....
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Pinoresinol–lariciresinol reductase gene expression and secoisolariciresinol diglucoside accumulation in develo** flax (Linum usitatissimum) seeds
The transcription activity of the pinoresinol–lariciresinol reductase (PLR) gene of Linum usitatissimum (so-called LuPLR), a key gene in lignan synthesis, was studied by RT-PCR and promoter–reporter transgenesis....
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Plant cell factories as a source for anti-cancer lignans
The review places podophyllotoxin, a powerful anti-cancer material used in clinical treatment of small cell cancers, in focus. The economical synthesis of podophyllotoxin is not feasible and demand for this ma...
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Molecular and metabolic control of secondary metabolism
Secondary metabolism is restricted to specific places in the plant. The concentrations of precursors and end products are the determining factors in the metabolic control of synthesis and breakdown of the comp...
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Molecular and Metabolic Control of Secondary Metabolism in Tagetes
Secondary metabolism is confined to specialized cell types at specific places in the plant. The concentrations of precursors and end products are determining factors in the metabolic control of synthesis and b...
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Thiophene interconversion in elicitor-treated roots ofTagetes patula L.
Thiophenes are polyacetylene-related heterocyclic metabolites. Some of these compounds are phototoxic, but the bithiophenes occurring inTagetes mainly accumulate in the root where photo-activation is not likely t...
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Effect of auxin on thiophene synthesis and root morphology in Tagetes patula hairy root cultures
The production of secondary metabolites often depends on the organization of plant cells into a morphologically differentiated state (Luckner, 1980; Wier-mann, 1981; Rhodes et al., 1987; Yeoman, 1987). This re...
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Cellular Aspects of Thiophene Accumulation in Relation to Root Differentiation
A great variety of compounds that are not primarily involved in growth and functioning of the plant cell, are synthesized via the complex pathways of secondary metabolism. There is considerable evidence for a ...