Secondary metabolites, also called specialised metabolites, toxins, secondary products, or natural products, are organic compounds produced by any lifeform...

primary metabolite produced large-scale by industrial microbiology. A secondary metabolite is not directly involved in those processes, but usually has an important...

primary and secondary metabolism. Biology portal Metabolism Metabolite Secondary metabolite Antimetabolite Metabolic control analysis, a specific kind...

the passaging of fluids to organs. In A. fumigatus specifically, secondary metabolites have been found to inhibit the development of new blood vessels...

of secondary metabolism. Within the field of medicinal chemistry, the definition is often further restricted to secondary metabolites. Secondary metabolites...

small-molecule (<1.5 kDa) metabolites (such as metabolic intermediates, hormones and other signaling molecules, and secondary metabolites) to be found within...

secondary plant metabolites but did not give real insight into the actual function of the secondary plant metabolites. The study of plant metabolites...

oryzae is a good choice as a secondary metabolite factory because of its relatively few endogenous secondary metabolites. Transformed types can produce:...

sometimes produced by specialized cells, such as laticifers in plants. Secondary metabolites commonly mediate antagonistic interactions, such as competition...

biotechnological significance due to their production of novel secondary metabolites which can be used pharmaceutically. There are nine known species...

oxidation-related aldehyde. Exposure to styrene gives phenylacetaldehyde as a secondary metabolite. Styrene has been implicated as reproductive toxicant, neurotoxicant...

reproduction. A secondary metabolite is not directly involved in those processes, but usually has important ecological function. Secondary metabolites may include...

Penicillium rubens. The fermentation process produces penicillin as a secondary metabolite when the growth of the fungus is inhibited by stress. The biosynthetic...

the fermentation. For instance, some cultures will not produce secondary metabolites in the presence of phosphate. Growth factors and trace nutrients...

μύκης mykes, "fungus" and τοξικός toxikos, "poisonous") is a toxic secondary metabolite produced by fungi and is capable of causing disease and death in...

and in many other roles. These compounds can be natural (such as secondary metabolites) or artificial (such as antiviral drugs); they may have a beneficial...

evidence indicates that most strains are capable of producing harmful secondary metabolites (alkaloids and other mycotoxins) under certain growth conditions...

with more secondary metabolites increases its survival or reproductive success compared to other plants in its vicinity. Secondary metabolite production...

novel drugs. These secondary metabolites, however, are often only present in trace amounts, with the only methods to use these metabolites as therapeutics...

Catechin /ˈkætɪtʃɪn/ is a flavan-3-ol, a type of secondary metabolite providing antioxidant roles in plants. It belongs to the subgroup of polyphenols...

temperature regimes, extracellular enzyme activity profiles, and secondary metabolite patterns. The earliest synonym of W. sebi recorded is Torula epizoa...

Diospyros blancoi, (synonym Diospyros discolor), commonly known as velvet apple, velvet persimmon, kamagong, or mabolo tree, is a tree of the genus Diospyros...

group of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, occurring naturally as a secondary metabolite in some plants including species of Berberis, from which its name...

and Chinese culture. Naphthoquinone derivatives are an example of secondary metabolite with important pharmaceutical potentials produced by O. unilateralis...

Crepis, commonly known in some parts of the world as hawksbeard or hawk's-beard (but not to be confused with the related genus Hieracium with a similar...

Prodigiosin is a secondary metabolite of Serratia marcescens. Because it is easy to detect, it has been used as a model system to study secondary metabolism...

Citrinin is a mycotoxin which is often found in food. It is a secondary metabolite produced by fungi that contaminates long-stored food and it can cause...

Celtis australis, the European nettle tree, Mediterranean hackberry, lote tree, or honeyberry, is a deciduous tree native to Southern Europe, North Africa...

Gambierdiscus toxicus is a species of photosynthetic unicellular eukaryote belonging to the Alveolata, part of the SAR supergroup. It is a dinoflagellate...

transport nutrients around the body. Starfish produce a large number of secondary metabolites in the form of lipids, including steroidal derivatives of cholesterol...