Biosynthesis is the generation of natural products through enzymatic reactions, as in cellular metabolism. Successive enzymatic reactions by a number of enzymes are generally required to achieve a ...

Although discovered in 1928, the biosynthesis pathways leading to penicillin were elucidated much later. Image Credit: Kallayanee Naloka / Shutterstock.com Researchers from the Massachusetts ...

In the present study, we hypothesize that the chloroplasts of berry skins are actively involved in the biosynthesis of isoprenoids and lipids, including chlorophylls, carotenoids, and precursors of ...

Production revolution: Food biosynthesis eyed as major solution to meet China’s ‘new demands’ China is looking to develop food biosynthesis as a major solution to meet ‘new food demands’ and supply ...

State Key Laboratory of Discovery and Utilization of Functional Components in Traditional Chinese Medicine, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan ...

You will be redirected to our submission process. Natural bioactive compounds, such as alkaloids, terpenoids, flavonoids, and phenolics, have extensive applications across pharmaceutical, cosmetic, ...

As a part of our ongoing investigation into the use of algae for gold nanoparticle synthesis, we screened the marine alga Kappaphycus alvarezii, to investigate its efficiency to reduce gold ions as ...

Saikosaponins are abundant saponins accumulating in the Asian medicinal plant Bupleurum falcatum, but none of the enzymes involved in their biosynthesis had been characterized. We identified a ...