Newly designed CHS genic primers for four Zingiberaceae species (Alpinia mutica, Alpinia rafflesiana, Hornstedtia leonurus and Scaphochlamys kunstleri)

• Main Authors: Akram, S., Ab Ghani, N. I., Khamis, S., Zulkifly, S.
• Format: Article
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2021
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94353/; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/948/1/012016/meta
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Flavonoids are secondary metabolites. To date, 2000 naturally occurring flavonoids are known present in plants. These diverse groups of antioxidants are abundant in rhizomes and leaves of Zingiberaceae species. Flavonoids are expressed by many genes. The most studied is chalcone synthase (CHS) ge...