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SUBMITTER: Nett RS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6590064 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
AIChE journal. American Institute of Chemical Engineers 20180921 12
Plant natural products have served as a prominent source of medicines throughout human history, and are still used today as clinically-approved pharmaceuticals. However, many medicinal plants that produce useful compounds are slow-growing or recalcitrant to cultivation, making it difficult to investigate the underlying genetic/enzymatic machinery responsible for biosynthesis. To better understand the metabolism of bioactive natural products in slow-growing medicinal plants, we used D<sub>2</sub> ...[more]