Multiple shoot formation in Hypericum perforatum L.and hypericin production
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Molecular and biochemical characterization of an enzyme responsible for the formation of hypericin in St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.).
A major gene termed Hyp-1 encoding for hypericin (HyH) biosynthesis was cloned and characterized from Hypericum perforatum (St. John's wort) cell cultures. H. perforatum leaves are widely used as an herbal remedy in the treatment of mild to moderate depression. Hypericin, a photosensitive and red-colored naphthodianthrone, has been reported as the bioactive compound responsible for reversing th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1677-0420
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-04202003000100006