Background: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a global health threat. Traditional antibiotics
can lose their effectiveness, and the development of novel effective antimicrobials has …

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a diverse class of lipid bilayer membrane vesicles
released by both animal and plant cells. These ubiquitous vesicles are involved in …

Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) play many roles including defense against pathogens,
pests, and herbivores; response to environmental stresses, and mediating organismal …

COVID-19, a new strain of coronavirus (CoV), was identified in Wuhan, China, in 2019. No
specific therapies are available and investigations regarding COVID-19 treatment are …

Medicinal plants, a source of different phytochemical compounds, are now subjected to a
variety of environmental stresses during their growth and development. Different …

In the growth condition (s) of plants, numerous secondary metabolites (SMs) are produced
by them to serve variety of cellular functions essential for physiological processes, and …

Crops aimed at feeding an exponentially growing population are often exposed to a variety
of harsh environmental factors. Although plants have evolved ways of adjusting their …

Abiotic environmental stresses can alter plant metabolism, leading to inhibition or promotion
of secondary metabolites. Although the crucial roles of these compounds in plant …

Plants encounter various abiotic stresses under field conditions. Among them, drought stress
adversely affects crop productivity and threatens global food security. Drought stress triggers …

Our understanding of how diet affects health is limited to 150 key nutritional components that
are tracked and catalogued by the United States Department of Agriculture and other …