Screening and Selection of a New Medium for Diosgenin Production via Microbial Biocatalysis of <i>Fusarium</i> sp.

• Main Authors: Wancang Liu (Author), Haibo Xiang (Author), Tao Zhang (Author), Xu Pang (Author), Jing Su (Author), Hongyu Liu (Author), Baiping Ma (Author), Liyan Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2021-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Steroidal saponins are widely used as starting precursors and medical intermediates for the semi-/total-synthesis of hundreds of steroidal drugs. One such steroidal saponin is diosgenin, which has attracted significant attention due to the huge market demand in the pharmaceutical industry. Due to wa...