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PLANT BIOLOGY
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 415-421Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2008.00064.x
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ginseng; ginsenosides biosythesis; triterpene saponins
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Ginseng is an economically important medicinal plant. The major bioactive ingredients of ginseng are ginsenosides, which are triterpene saponins. Because of difficulties in ginseng cultivation and the low productivity of ginseng cell and tissue culture, it has become important to improve ginsenoside levels by using metabolic engineering based on the biosynthetic pathway of ginsenosides. During the last decade, substantial advances have been made in biosynthesis of ginsenosides. This review is concerned with recent developments in our understanding of the biosynthesis of ginsenosides.
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