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The Occurrence, Uses, Biosynthetic Pathway, and Biotechnological Production of Plumbagin, a Potent A...

The Occurrence, Uses, Biosynthetic Pathway, and Biotechnological Production of Plumbagin, a Potent A...

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The Occurrence, Uses, Biosynthetic Pathway, and Biotechnological Production of Plumbagin, a Potent Antitumor Naphthoquinone

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The Occurrence, Uses, Biosynthetic Pathway, and Biotechnological Production of Plumbagin, a Potent Antitumor Naphthoquinone

Publisher

Switzerland: MDPI AG

Journal title

Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025-04, Vol.30 (7), p.1618

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English

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Switzerland: MDPI AG

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Contents

Plumbagin is an important naphthoquinone with potent anticancer properties besides multitudinous uses in healthcare. It is produced in a limited number of species and families but mostly in the roots of Plumbaginaceae family members. The biosynthetic pathway and the genes that regulate plumbagin synthesis are not completely known, but details of th...

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The Occurrence, Uses, Biosynthetic Pathway, and Biotechnological Production of Plumbagin, a Potent Antitumor Naphthoquinone

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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_836182f6c5784879b1381ab143a2c044

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_836182f6c5784879b1381ab143a2c044

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ISSN

1420-3049

E-ISSN

1420-3049

DOI

10.3390/molecules30071618

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