Medicinal plants contain valuable compounds that have attracted worldwide interest for their use in the production of natural drugs. The presence of compounds such as rosmarinic acid, carnosic acid, and carnosol in Rosmarinus officinalis has made it a plant with unique therapeutic effects. The identification and regulation of the biosynthetic pathways and genes will enable the large-scale production of these compounds.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFValeriana officinalis is a medicinal plant, a source of bioactive chemical compounds and secondary metabolites which are applied in pharmaceutical industries. The advent of ethnomedicine has provided alternatives for disease treatment and has increased demands for natural products and bioactive compounds. A set of preliminary steps to answers for such demands can include integrative omics for systems metabolic engineering, as an approach that contributes to the understanding of cellular metabolic status.
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