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The potential bioproduction of the pharmaceutical agent sakuranetin, a flavonoid phytoalexin in rice.
Bioengineered - 1 Jan 2000
Shimizu Takafumi, Lin Fengqiu, Hasegawa Morifumi, Nojiri Hideaki, Yamane Hisakazu, Okada Kazunori
Abstract excerpt
Sakuranetin, the major flavonoid phytoalexin in rice, can be induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, treatment with CuCl 2 or jasmonic acid (JA), or phytopathogenic infection. In addition to sakuranetin's biological significance on disease resistance in rice, its broad bioactivities have recently been described. Results from these studies have shown that sakuranetin is a useful compound as a plant antibiotic and...
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