β-Oxidation cycle reactions, which are key stages in the metabolism of fatty acids in
eucaryotic cells and in processes with a significant role in the degradation of acids used by …

BIOTRANSFORMATIONS OF NON-NATURAL COMPOUNDS: STATE OF THE ART AND
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT Page 1 Pure &App/. Chern., Vol. 69, No. 8, pp. 1613-1632, 1997 …

Metabolic networks have been an interesting starting point not only for the design of
synthetic routes in a similar sequence of reactions, eg, in biomimetic syntheses, but also for …

Antioxidant compounds play a vital role in human physiology. They prevent the oxidation of
biomolecules by scavenging free radicals produced during physiochemical processes …

Different plant products have been subjected to detailed investigations due to their
increasing importance for improving human health. Plants are sources of many groups of …

The tools of metabolic and enzyme engineering have been well developed in academic
laboratories and are now being applied for the optimization of biocatalysts used in the …

The term 'synthetic biology'is being used with increasing frequency to describe the
biocatalytic generation of small molecules, either via stepwise biotransformation or …

Secondary metabolites are an extremely diverse and important group of natural products
with industrial and biomedical implications. Advances in metabolic engineering of both …

The biosynthesis of metabolites from available starting materials is becoming an ever
important area due to the increasing demands within the life science research area. Access …

The small molecule domain of biological cellular systems is closely related to the synthesis
and breakdown of larger molecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins, or polysaccharides …