Production of beneficial lignans in heterologous host plants

Abstract

Heterologous production of (-)-podophyllotoxin-related lignans in tobacco plantsIn (-)-podophyllotoxin biosynthesis in Podophyllum plants, (-)-matairesinol, a downstream lignan of (+)-pinoresinol, is initially converted to (-)-pluviatolide by CYP719A23 Koyama et al.

Antimicrobial action of natural phenolics against food spoilage yeasts

“…Lignans are naturally occurring bioactive compounds biosynthesized through the shikimic acid pathway, which may occur free or bound to sugars (Yeung et al 2020, Koyama et al 2022. They are synthesized in plants and in microbes inhabiting humans and animals (Yeung et al 2020).…”