Average number of unique metabolites biosynthesized in individual species
| Value | 4.7 Metabolites/species |
|---|---|
| Organism | Plants |
| Reference | Mochamad Afendi et al., KNApSAcK Family Databases: Integrated metabolite-plant species databases for multifaceted plant researches. Plant Cell Physiol. 2011 Nov 28 p.14/28 2nd paragraphPubMed ID22123792 |
| Method | Researchers estimated that there potentially exist 98,800 unique metabolites among the 20,741 species in the KNApSAcK Core DB. Thus, on average, 4.7 (=98,800/20,741) unique metabolites are biosynthesized in individual species. |
| Entered by | Uri M |
| ID | 107292 |