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In Vitro Production and Exudation of 20-Hydroxymaytenin from Gymnosporia heterophylla (Eckl. and Zeyh.) Loes. Cell Culture

Thanet Pitakbut,
Michael Spiteller and
Oliver Kayser

Plants2021, 10(8), 1493;https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10081493

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21 July 2021

The metabolite 20-Hydroxymaytenin (20-HM) is a member of the quinone-methide pentacyclic triterpenoids (QMTs) group. This metabolite group is present only in Celastraceae plants, and it has shown various biological activities from antioxidant to anti...

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Genome Mining and Gene Expression Reveal Maytansine Biosynthetic Genes from Endophytic Communities Living inside Gymnosporia heterophylla (Eckl. and Zeyh.) Loes. and the Relationship with the Plant Biosynthetic Gene, Friedelin Synthase

Thanet Pitakbut,
Michael Spiteller and
Oliver Kayser

Plants2022, 11(3), 321;https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030321

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25 January 2022

Even though maytansine was first discovered from Celastraceae plants, it was later proven to be an endophytic bacterial metabolite. However, a pure bacterial culture cannot synthesize maytansine. Therefore, an exclusive interaction between plant and...

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