When compared to other organisms, plants are atypical with respect to isoprenoid
biosynthesis: they utilize two distinct and separately compartmentalized pathways to build …

Synergistic effects of multiple plant secondary metabolites on upper trophic levels constitute
an underexplored but potentially widespread component of coevolution and ecological …

The ethnomedical uses of Piper (胡椒Hú Jiāo) plants as anticancer agents, in vitro cytotoxic
activity of both extracts and compounds from Piper plants, and in vivo antitumor activity and …

What are the ecological causes and consequences of variation in phytochemical diversity
within and between plant taxa? Despite decades of natural products discovery by organic …

Infectious diseases caused by parasites are a major threat for the entire mankind, especially
in the tropics. More than 1 billion people world-wide are directly exposed to tropical …

Schistosomiasis is one of the world's greatly neglected tropical diseases, and its control is
largely dependent on a single drug, praziquantel. Here, we report the in vitro effect of …

Understanding the role of diversity in ecosystem processes and species interactions is a
central goal of ecology. For plant–herbivore interactions, it has been hypothesized that when …

Black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is the world's most popular spice and is also used as an
ingredient in traditional medicine. Its pungent perception is due to the interaction of its major …

In recent years, natural product groups have been gaining prominence as possible sources
of new drugs for schistosomiasis. This review attempts to update the antischistosomal …

Abstract Pepper (Piper nigrum Linn.), and its key pungent constituent piperine (an alkaloid),
has long been one of the world's most popular spices. Interestingly, it is one of the only …