In plants, sterols are found in free form (free sterols, FSs) and conjugated as steryl esters
(SEs), steryl glycosides (SGs) and acyl steryl glycosides (ASGs). Conjugated sterols are …

Steroids are an important family of bioactive compounds. Steroid drugs are renowned for
their multifaceted pharmacological activities and are the second-largest category in the …

Glycosylation is a chemical transformation that is centrally important in all glycoscience and
related technologies. Catalysts offering good control over reactivity and selectivity in …

Phytosterols are a group of sterols exclusive to plants and fungi, but are indispensable to
humans because of their medicinal and nutritional values. However, current raw materials …

Abstract Background Stevia (Stevia rebaudiana) is an important medicinal plant that yields
diterpenoid steviol glycosides (SGs). SGs are currently used in the preparation of medicines …

Microalgae are well known as primary producers in the hydrosphere. As sources of natural
products, microalgae are attracting major attention due to the potential of their practical …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Withania somnifera is one of the most extensively delved
Ayurvedic medicine. Apart from rejuvenation and increasing longevity, it has several other …

Background Sterol glycosyltrnasferases (SGT) are enzymes that glycosylate sterols which
play important role in plant adaptation to stress and are medicinally important in plants like …

Plant cell culture is traditionally viewed as a unique artificially created biological system
representing a heterogenous population of dedifferentiated cells. This system undergoes a …

Sterol glycosyltransferases (SGT s) catalyse transfer of glycon moiety to sterols and their
related compounds to produce diverse glyco-conjugates or steryl glycosides with different …