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A classical genetic solution to enhance the biosynthesis of anticancer phytochemicals in Andrographis paniculata Nees.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Valdiani Alireza, Talei Daryush, Tan Soon Guan, Abdul Kadir Mihdzar, Maziah Mahmood, Rafii Mohd Yusop, Sagineedu Sreenivasa Rao
Abstract excerpt
Andrographolides, the diterpene lactones, are major bioactive phytochemicals which could be found in different parts of the medicinal herb Andrographis paniculata. A number of such compounds namely andrographolide (AG), neoandrographolide (NAG), and 14-deoxy-11,12-didehydroandrographolide (DDAG) have already attracted a great deal of attention due to their potential therapeutic effects in hard-to-treat diseases...
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