Functional characterization of a cycloartenol synthase and four glycosyltransferases in the biosynthesis of cycloastragenol-type astragalosides from Astragalus membranaceus

• Main Authors: Yangyang Duan (Author), Wenyu Du (Author), Zhijun Song (Author), Ridao Chen (Author), Kebo Xie (Author), Jimei Liu (Author), Dawei Chen (Author), Jungui Dai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Astragalosides are the main active constituents of traditional Chinese medicine Huang-Qi, of which cycloastragenol-type glycosides are the most typical and major bioactive compounds. This kind of compounds exhibit various biological functions including cardiovascular protective, neuroprotective, etc...