Plants are capable of synthesizing animal steroid hormones

0508706 - ÚEB 2020 RIV CH eng J - Journal Article
Tarkowská, Danuše
Plants are capable of synthesizing animal steroid hormones.
Molecules. Roč. 24, č. 14 (2019), č. článku 2585. E-ISSN 1420-3049
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EF16_019/0000738
Institutional support: RVO:61389030
Keywords : Androstenedione * Animals * Boldenone * Boldione * Estrogens * Natural sterols * Plants * Progesterone * Steroid hormones * Testosterone
OECD category: Biochemical research methods
Impact factor: 3.267, year: 2019
Method of publishing: Open access
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules24142585

As a result of the findings of scientists working on the biosynthesis and metabolism of steroids in the plant and animal kingdoms over the past five decades, it has become apparent that those compounds that naturally occur in animals can also be found as natural constituents of plants and vice versa, i.e., they have essentially the same fate in the majority of living organisms. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on the occurrence of animal steroid hormones in the plant kingdom, particularly focusing on progesterone, testosterone, androstadienedione (boldione), androstenedione, and estrogens.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0299541