Plant secondary metabolism linked glycosyltransferases: An update on expanding knowledge and scopes

P Tiwari, RS Sangwan, NS Sangwan - Biotechnology Advances, 2016 - Elsevier
The multigene family of enzymes known as glycosyltransferases or popularly known as GTs
catalyze the addition of carbohydrate moiety to a variety of synthetic as well as natural …

Natural withanolides, an update

G **a, S Cao, L Chen, F Qiu - Natural Product Reports, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: March 2010 to December 2020. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2011, 28, 705
This review summarizes the latest progress and perspectives on the structural classification …

Over‐expression of DXS gene enhances terpenoidal secondary metabolite accumulation in rose‐scented geranium and Withania somnifera: active involvement of …

JS Jadaun, NS Sangwan, LK Narnoliya… - Physiologia …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rose‐scented geranium (Pelargonium spp.) is one of the most important aromatic plants
and is well known for its diverse perfumery uses. Its economic importance is due to presence …

A Decade of Molecular Understanding of Withanolide Biosynthesis and In vitro Studies in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal: Prospects and Perspectives for Pathway …

N Dhar, S Razdan, S Rana, WW Bhat… - Frontiers in plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Withania somnifera, a multipurpose medicinal plant is a rich reservoir of pharmaceutically
active triterpenoids that are steroidal lactones known as withanolides. Though the plant has …

De Novo Assembly, Functional Annotation and Comparative Analysis of Withania somnifera Leaf and Root Transcriptomes to Identify Putative Genes Involved in the …

P Gupta, R Goel, S Pathak, A Srivastava, SP Singh… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Withania somnifera is one of the most valuable medicinal plants used in Ayurvedic and other
indigenous medicine systems due to bioactive molecules known as withanolides. As …

Recent advances in steroidal saponins biosynthesis and in vitro production

S Upadhyay, GS Jeena, Shikha, RK Shukla - Planta, 2018 - Springer
Main conclusion Steroidal saponins exhibited numerous pharmacological activities due to
the modification of their backbone by different cytochrome P450s (P450) and UDP …

Brassinosteroid regulates 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA reductase to promote grape fruit development

T Zheng, T Dong, MS Haider, H **… - Journal of Agricultural …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are known to regulate plant growth and development. However, only
little is known about their mechanism in the regulation of berry development in grapes. This …

Antitumor effects of curcumin: A lipid perspective

MB Naeini, AA Momtazi, MR Jaafari… - Journal of Cellular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lipid metabolism plays an important role in cancer development due to the necessities of
rapidly dividing cells to increase structural, energetic, and biosynthetic demands for cell …

HMG-CoA reductase from Camphor Tulsi (Ocimum kilimandscharicum) regulated MVA dependent biosynthesis of diverse terpenoids in homologous and …

S Bansal, LK Narnoliya, B Mishra, M Chandra… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ocimum kilimandscharicum is unique in possessing terpenoids whereas other Ocimum
species are renowned for phenylpropanoids as major constituents of essential oil. The key …

Biotechnological interventions in Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

P Singh, R Guleri, V Singh, G Kaur… - Biotechnology and …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Withania somnifera is one of the most valued plants and is extensively used in Indian,
Unani, and African systems of traditional medicine. It possess a wide array of therapeutic …