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ginsenosides biosynthesis
Proteins (2)
| Protein | Synonyms | Taxonomy |
|---|
| Beta-amyrin synthase 1 | Pgb-AS; EC 5.4.99.39; Oxidosqualene cyclase 1 | Panax ginseng |
| Dammarenediol II synthase | Dammarenediol synthase; PgDDS; EC 4.2.1.125 | Panax ginseng |
Compounds (18)
| Compound | Description |
|---|
| hydronium ion | |
| uridine diphosphate | A uracil nucleotide containing a pyrophosphate group esterified to C5 of the sugar moiety. |
| Water | A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) |
| Oxygen | An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. |
| ginsenoside Rg3 | from Red ginseng; inhibits lung metastasis of tumor cells; structure given in first source |
| dammarenediol II | |
| protopanaxadiol, (3beta,12beta)-isomer | |
| protopanaxatriol | triterpenoid sapogenin of ginsenosides from leaves of Panax ginseng; acid hydrolysis leads to panaxatriol |
| ginsenoside rd | RN refers to (3beta,12beta)-isomer |
| ginsenoside ro | from ginseng; RN given refers to ginsenoside Ro, (all-D)-isomer |
| ginsenoside rh2 | from leaves of Panax ginseng C; structure given in first source |
| ginsenoside rh1 | RN given for (3beta,6alpha,12beta)-isomer |
| ginsenoside rg1 | has antifungal activity; main constituent of San-Chi & ginseng; see also record for San-Chi |
| 2,3-oxidosqualene | an oxidized derivative of SQUALENE that can fold in several ways: chair-boat-chair-boat to LANOSTEROL; chair-chair-chair-boat to dammarane; or all chair to hopane and on to cycloartenol; RN given refers to (all-Z)-isomer |
| ginsenoside m1 | structure in first source |
| ginsenoside rb1 | |
| thymidine 5'-diphosphate | see also record for thymidine 3',5'-diphosphate, RN 2863-04-9 |
| ginsenoside rg2 | structure in first source; RN given refers to (6-deoxy-alpha-L-mannopyranosyl)-isomer |