Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5167736 | Phytochemistry | 2005 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Flavones represent one of the largest subgroups within the flavonoids. Two independently evolved and mechanistically different enzymes can convert the precursors, flavanones, into flavones. Various biological activities of flavones in plants and in human nutrition and health make them valuable targets for metabolic engineering.
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Authors
Stefan Martens, Axel Mithöfer,