Bioengineering of Important Secondary Metabolites and Metabolic Pathways in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.)

Bioengineering of Important Secondary Metabolites and Metabolic Pathways in Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.)

Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) has a long and respected history of medicinal uses in Middle East and Persian medicine. The hypocholesterolaemic and hypoglycaemic effects of fenugreek were attributed to its major steroidal sapogenin, diosgenin and its major alkaloid, trigonelline. The knowl...

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Main Authors: A Mehrafarin, A Qaderi, Sh Rezazadeh, H Naghdi Badi, Gh Noormohammadi, E Zand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institue of Medicinal Plants, ACECR 2010-09-01
Series:Journal of Medicinal Plants
Subjects:
fenugreek
secondary metabolites
metabolic pathways
diosgenin
trigonelline
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