Journal
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
Volume 69, Issue 18, Pages 3018-3031Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.04.031
Keywords
Biosynthesis; Enzymology; Carboxyl-activated 'energy-rich' intermediates; Cinnamoyl-coenzyme A thioesters; Lignin; Piperine; Tannin
Categories
Ask authors/readers for more resources
In the early 1960s, enzyme studies increasingly began to replace the common 'feeding' experiments in which labeled tracers were applied to living plants or plant parts for elucidating metabolic pathways. This advanced technique allowed to gain much deeper insights into individual details of metabolic sequences, and particularly on the previously inaccessible role of activated 'energy-rich' intermediates. Based on the author's own experience for the past 40+ years in this field, principal findings and trends elucidating the pathways to lignin and lignin precursors, acyl amides and hydrolyzable tannins (gallotannins, ellagitannins) by enzyme studies are reported. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available