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secondary metabolite |
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secondary metabolite [′sek·ən‚der·ē mə′tab·ə‚līt] (botany) A natural chemical product of plants not normally involved in primary metabolic processes such as photosynthesis and cell respiration. Also known as secondary plant product. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Tokyo, Japan, Mar 8, 2006 - (JCN) - RIKEN announced on March 7 its discovery that reveromycin A, a secondary metabolite of actinomycete, plays a role in treating osteoporosis. Because many of the secondary metabolites are thought to be involved in chemical signaling between organisms or species, the production of some of these active metabolites may be enhanced or inhibited when the microbes interact (Christophersen 1996). Biotechnological methods for selection of HIFG yield cell lines and production of secondary metabolites in medicinal plants |
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