Application of Metabolic Engineering to the Production of Scopolamine
Scopolamine is an alkaloid widely used in medicine for its anticholinergic activity. The aim of this review is to show that metabolic engineering techniques constitute a suitable tool to improve the production of tropane alkaloids, focusing in particular on scopolamine. We present an overview of res...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2008-08-01
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Series: | Molecules |
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Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/13/8/1722/ |