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  5. Plant Biosynthesis II
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Last Updated: 30/09/2026

Code - Course Title Course Type Laboratory + Practice ECTS
FKG614 - Plant Biosynthesis II II. SEMESTER 3 +0 7.5
Language of Instruction Türkçe
Course Type Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s) PROF. DR. FATİH DEMİRCİ
Mode of Delivery face to face
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Prerequisites There is no prerequisite or co-requisite for this course.
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Recommended Resources *Dewick, P. M., Medicinal Natural Products, A Biosynthetic Approach, John Wiley&Sons;, Chichester, 2002. *Evans, W. C., Trease and Evans’ Pharmacognosy, 14th ed., WB Saunders, UK, 1996. *Torssell, K. B. G., Natural Product Chemistry, Apotekarsocieten, Swedish Pharmaceutical Society, Sweden, 1997. *Samuelsson, G., Drugs of Natural Origin, A Textbook of Pharmacognosy, Swedish Pharmaceutical Pres, Sweden, 1992. *Manitto, P., Biosynthesis of Natural Products, Ellis Horwood, London, 1981. *Cane, D. E., Comprehensive Natural Products *Dey, P. M., Harborne, J.B., Methods in Plant Biochemistry, Vol. 1-7, Academic Press, 1998. *Dewick, M. P., The Biosynthesis of C5-C25 Terpenoid Compounds, Nat. Prod. Rep., 19, 181-222, 2002. *Dewick, M. P., The Biosynthesis of C5-C25 Terpenoid Compounds, Nat. Prod. Rep., 16, 97-130, 1999. *Grayson, D. H., Monoterpenoids, Nat. Prod. Rep., 17, 385-419, 2000. *Connolly, J. D., Hill, R. A., Triterpenoids, Nat. Prod. Rep., 18, 131-147, 2001. *Harrison, D. M., The Biosynthesis of Triterpenoids, Steroids and Carotenis, Nat. Prod. Rep., 459-484, 1990. *Fraga, M.B., Natural sesquiterpenoids, Nat. Prod. Rep., 16, 21-38, 1999. *McCascill, D., Croteau, R., Some Caveats for Bioengineering Terpenoid Metabolism in Plants, Tibtech, 16,349-335, 1998. *Knaggs, A. R., The Biosynthesis of Shikimate Metaolites, Nat. Prod. Rep., 18, 334-355, 2001. *Knaggs, A. R., The Biosynthesis of Shikimate Metaolites, Nat. Prod. Rep., 17, 269-292, 2000. *Nomura, T., Hano, Y., Isoprenoid-Substitutet Phenolic Compounds of Moraceous Plants, Nat. Prod. Rep.,205-218, 1994. *Lange, B. M., Croteau, R., Isoprenoid Biosynthesis via a Mevalonate –Independent Pathway in Plants: Cloning and Heterologous Expression of 1-Deoxy-d-xylulose-5-phosphate Reductoisomerase from Peppermint, Archives of Byochemistry and Biophysics, 365,170-144, 1999. *Wagner, W.P., Helmigs, D., Fall R.,Isoprene Biosynthesis in Bacillus subtilis via the Methylerythriotol Phosphat Patway, J. Nat. Prod., 63, 37-40, 2000. *Tavera, H. T., Monoterpenes in Essential Oils: Biosyntesis and Properites, Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 464, 49-62, 1999.
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Weeks Learning Outcomes Topics Teaching Methods
Week - 1 Biosynthetic pathways in living organisms
Week - 2 Biosynthesis of isoprenoids and significance
Week - 3 Monoterpenes and sesquiterpenes
Week - 4 Diterpenes, triterpenes and others
Week - 5 Biosynthesis of aromatic compounds
Week - 6 Biosynthesis of aromatic compounds
Week - 7 Secondary metabolites through the shikimic acid pathway
Week - 8 Organic acids, phenyl propanoids, chinons and coumarines
Week - 9 Polyphenols, lignins and lignans
Week - 10 Alkaloid biosynthesis
Week - 11 Nitrogen assimilation and amino acids
Week - 12 Phenyl alanine, tyrosine, lysine derivatives
Week - 13 Ornithine, trypthamine, adenine, guanine and xanthine derivatives
Week - 14 Natural product secondary metabolites utilized in pharmacy

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