Plant Terpenoids for Human Health: a chemical and genomic approach to identify and produce bioactive compounds
Category
FP7 Project with U.S. partner
Short name and number
TERPMED (227448)
Area
Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Biotechnology
Description
Plant secondary metabolites are an important source of therapeutic drugs or drug leads. The advent of genomic and metabolomic technologies has now made it possible to bring the field of plant natural products into the 21st century and replace serendipitous and haphazard finding by rational design and discovery. This proposal is devoted to plant terpenes, the largest and most diverse group of plant natural products.
Participating Countries
Greece, Spain, The Netherlands and United States.
Name of US Partner
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON
Contact
UNIVERSITAT DE BARCELONA