Xu Qi-shou
2005
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Letters in Biotechnology
Abstract
Quinic acid is an important fine chemical product and intermediates of drug synthesis,which can be numerously used in drug synthesis,food and chemistry industry.Quinic acid is widely existed in plants and its caffeoyl-derivatives are paid more attention and applied.There are four methods of producing quinic acid at present:extraction of plant,chemosynthesis,enzymology and microbe fermentation.Along with progress of molecule biology,gene engineering will be very important approach to quinic acid.In this paper,distributing,biosynthesis and application of quinic acid were discussed.