To lower in planta toxicity many secondary products in plants are conjugated to sugars. Sugar-cleaving enzymes were used to investigate the possibility of artemisinin's conjugation to a sugar molecule. Only -glucosidase appeared to alter the in vivo levels of artemisinin. This suggests that the terpenoid may be conjugated to glucose.

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Creator

• Bullis, Sara Elizabeth.

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 02D312M

Advisor

• Weathers, Pamela

Year

• 2002

Date created

• 2002-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biology & Biotechnology

Rights statement

• In Copyright