TY - JOUR
T1 - Plant production systems for bioactive small molecules
AU - Lim, Eng-Kiat
AU - Bowles, Dianna
PY - 2012/4
Y1 - 2012/4
N2 - Bioactive small molecules are important dietary components of food, as well as being widely used in diverse industrial sectors, from flavours, fragrances and sweeteners through to natural pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Plants already manufacture many of these bioactives, but often in yields that are not commercially competitive. There are a variety of new pathway engineering, cell culture and molecular breeding strategies in use and in development to improve yield and the robust supply of bioactives in planta. In the future, biorefining applications are likely to play a significant role in providing chemical intermediates for bioactive production from biomass feedstocks.
AB - Bioactive small molecules are important dietary components of food, as well as being widely used in diverse industrial sectors, from flavours, fragrances and sweeteners through to natural pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Plants already manufacture many of these bioactives, but often in yields that are not commercially competitive. There are a variety of new pathway engineering, cell culture and molecular breeding strategies in use and in development to improve yield and the robust supply of bioactives in planta. In the future, biorefining applications are likely to play a significant role in providing chemical intermediates for bioactive production from biomass feedstocks.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84859155070&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.12.008
DO - 10.1016/j.copbio.2011.12.008
M3 - Literature review
SN - 0958-1669
VL - 23
SP - 271
EP - 277
JO - CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
JF - CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
IS - 2
ER -