Salvia miltiorrhiza, whose root and rhizome were often used as medicine, was classified in family of Labiatae. Many studies showed that tanshinone has significant effects in cuing cardiovascular disease. As the secondary metabolites, it was reported that the biosynthesis for tanshinone was regulated by various biotic or abiotic factors. In the present article, new findings about the biosynthesis of tanshinone were discussed, many key genes in the biosynthesis pathway as well as many related investigation were summed. Moreover, a vision of futurity was also given on how to increase the product of active component from plant by gene engineering.
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