Background: Castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) is an important oil crop, which belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family. The seed oil of castor bean is currently the only commercial source of ricinoleic acid that can be used for producing about 2000 industrial products.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe plants (members of the Orchidaceae family) are used as traditional Chinese medicinal herbs. Bibenzyl, one of the active compounds in , occurs in low amounts among different tissues. However, market demands require a higher content of thes compounds to meet the threshold for drug production.
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