| Literature DB >> 21804259 |
Shoji Maehara1, Partomuan Simanjuntak, Chinami Kitamura, Kazuyoshi Ohashi, Hirotaka Shibuya.
Abstract
We report that the endophytic filamentous fungus Diaporthe sp., isolated from Cinchona ledgeriana and cultivated in a synthetic liquid medium, produces Cinchona alkaloids (quinine, quinidine, cinchonidine, and cinchonine). This shows that Cinchona alkaloids are produced not only in Cinchona plant cells, but also in endophytic microbe cells.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21804259 DOI: 10.1248/cpb.59.1073
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Chem Pharm Bull (Tokyo) ISSN: 0009-2363 Impact factor: 1.645