Carbohydrate biosynthesis associated

It has been demonstrated that carbohydrate analogues are capable of inhibiting specific enzymes involved in the carbohydrate biosynthesis, offering the potential to engineer the synthesis of different carbohydrates. This has proved of use for aborting the synthesis of disease associated carbohydrates that are central to the infection pathway [13]. 

Darvill and Albershelm (50), Dixon and associates (51), Hadwlger and co-workers (52,53) and West (54) have reviewed the extensive literature on ellcltors responsible for the biosynthesis of phytoalexins (newly-synthesized compounds which Impart resistance). It Is now clear that ellcltors of physiological origin are soluble carbohydrates derived by enzymatic hydrolysis of either plant cell walls... 

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