When plants produce not enough or at all: metabolic engineering of flavonoids in microbial hosts

Flavonoid metabolism and its fascinating molecules that are natural products in plants, have attracted the attention of industry and researchers involved in plant science, nutrition, bio/chemistry, chemical bioengineering, pharmacy, medicine, etc., since flavonoids were found to be directly or indirectly connected to health. Subsequently, in the last few years flavonoids became top stories in pharmaceutical industry, which is continually seeking...