Natural withanolides, an update

G Xia, 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 …

[HTML][HTML] Functional expression and regulation of eukaryotic cytochrome P450 enzymes in surrogate microbial cell factories

P Durairaj, S Li - Engineering Microbiology, 2022 - Elsevier
Cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes play crucial roles during the evolution and diversification
of ancestral monocellular eukaryotes into multicellular eukaryotic organisms due to their …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] The integration of metabolomics and next-generation sequencing data to elucidate the pathways of natural product metabolism in medicinal plants

F Scossa, M Benina, S Alseekh, Y Zhang… - Planta …, 2018 - thieme-connect.com
Plants have always been used as medicines since ancient times to treat diseases. The
knowledge around the active components of herbal preparations has remained …

Functional characterization of Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase gene family in soybean (Glycine max)

P Khatri, L Chen, I Rajcan, S Dhaubhadel - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Cinnamate 4-hydroxylase (C4H) is the first key cytochrome P450 monooxygenase (P450)
enzyme in the phenylpropanoid pathway. It belongs to the CYP73 family of P450 …

Cloning and functional characterization of three branch point oxidosqualene cyclases from Withania somnifera (L.) dunal

N Dhar, S Rana, S Razdan, WW Bhat, A Hussain… - Journal of Biological …, 2014 - ASBMB
Oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs) positioned at a key metabolic subdividing junction execute
indispensable enzymatic cyclization of 2, 3-oxidosqualene for varied triterpenoid …

Rheum australe, an endangered high-value medicinal herb of North Western Himalayas: a review of its botany, ethnomedical uses, phytochemistry and …

SA Pandith, RA Dar, SK Lattoo, MA Shah… - Phytochemistry …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Rheum australe (Himalayan Rhubarb) is a multipurpose, endemic and endangered
medicinal herb of North Western Himalayas. It finds extensive use as a medicinal herb since …

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 …

Jasmonate responsive transcription factor WsMYC2 regulates the biosynthesis of triterpenoid withanolides and phytosterol via key pathway genes in Withania …

A Sharma, GA Rather, P Misra, MK Dhar… - Plant molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Key message Functional characterization of Ws MYC2 via artificial microRNA mediated
silencing and transient over-expression displayed significant regulatory role vis-à-vis …

Class II cytochrome P450 reductase governs the biosynthesis of alkaloids

C Parage, E Foureau, F Kellner, V Burlat… - Plant …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Expansion of the biosynthesis of plant specialized metabolites notably results from the
massive recruitment of cytochrome P450s that catalyze multiple types of conversion of …