Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals
Phytochemicals belonging to the group’s phenols, terpenes, betalains, organosulfides, indoles and protein inhibitors are important components in fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and nuts that have health promoting benefits and a variety of applications in food and pharmaceutical industries...
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| author | Umar, Kabir Mustapha Mohammed, Abdulkarim Sabo Radu, Son Abdul Hamid, Azizah Saari, Nazamid |
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| description | Phytochemicals belonging to the group’s phenols, terpenes, betalains, organosulfides, indoles and protein inhibitors are important components in fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and nuts that have health promoting benefits and a variety of applications in food and pharmaceutical
industries. Initially only a few of these important phytochemicals are produced commercially by chemical synthesis. However, recent developments in the field of biotechnology have provided metabolic engineering strategies that use microorganisms as cell factories for high production of these products. This review will discuss the general biosynthetic pathways, metabolic engineering and optimization strategies of functional phytochemicals that have received a lot of attention from investigators. |
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| spelling | upm-304232018-09-28T07:54:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30423/ Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals Umar, Kabir Mustapha Mohammed, Abdulkarim Sabo Radu, Son Abdul Hamid, Azizah Saari, Nazamid Phytochemicals belonging to the group’s phenols, terpenes, betalains, organosulfides, indoles and protein inhibitors are important components in fruits, vegetables, legumes, whole grains and nuts that have health promoting benefits and a variety of applications in food and pharmaceutical industries. Initially only a few of these important phytochemicals are produced commercially by chemical synthesis. However, recent developments in the field of biotechnology have provided metabolic engineering strategies that use microorganisms as cell factories for high production of these products. This review will discuss the general biosynthetic pathways, metabolic engineering and optimization strategies of functional phytochemicals that have received a lot of attention from investigators. Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30423/1/30423.pdf Umar, Kabir Mustapha and Mohammed, Abdulkarim Sabo and Radu, Son and Abdul Hamid, Azizah and Saari, Nazamid (2013) Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals. International Food Research Journal, 20 (1). pp. 35-41. ISSN 1985-4668; ESSN: 2231-7546 http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/20%20(01)%202013/5%20IFRJ%2020%20(01)%202013%20Karim%20(343).pdf |
| spellingShingle | Umar, Kabir Mustapha Mohammed, Abdulkarim Sabo Radu, Son Abdul Hamid, Azizah Saari, Nazamid Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals |
| title | Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals |
| title_full | Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals |
| title_fullStr | Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals |
| title_short | Metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals |
| title_sort | metabolic engineering of functional phytochemicals |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30423/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30423/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30423/1/30423.pdf |