Cannabis sativa: A comprehensive ethnopharmacological review of a medicinal plant with a long history

SA Bonini, M Premoli, S Tambaro, A Kumar… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Ethnopharmacological relevance Cannabis sativa L.(C. sativa) is an annual dioecious plant,
which shares its origins with the inception of the first agricultural human societies in Asia …

[HTML][HTML] Protective and defensive roles of non-glandular trichomes against multiple stresses: structure–function coordination

G Karabourniotis, G Liakopoulos… - Journal of Forestry …, 2020 - Springer
As superficial structures, non-glandular trichomes, protect plant organs against multiple
biotic and abiotic stresses. The protective and defensive roles of these epidermal …

Cannabis glandular trichomes alter morphology and metabolite content during flower maturation

SJ Livingston, TD Quilichini, JK Booth… - The Plant …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The cannabis leaf is iconic, but it is the flowers of cannabis that are consumed for the
psychoactive and medicinal effects of their specialized metabolites. Cannabinoid …

Leaf cell-specific and single-cell transcriptional profiling reveals a role for the palisade layer in UV light protection

C Procko, T Lee, A Borsuk, BOR Bargmann… - The Plant …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Like other complex multicellular organisms, plants are composed of different cell types with
specialized shapes and functions. For example, most laminar leaves consist of multiple …

[HTML][HTML] A glance at the chemodiversity of Ocimum species: Trends, implications, and strategies for the quality and yield improvement of essential oil

TP Gurav, BB Dholakia, AP Giri - Phytochemistry Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Ocimum species represent commercially important medicinal and aromatic plants. The
essential oil biosynthesized by Ocimum species is enriched with specialized metabolites …

A carnivorous mushroom paralyzes and kills nematodes via a volatile ketone

CH Lee, YY Lee, YC Chang, WL Pon, SP Lee… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The carnivorous mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus uses an unknown toxin to rapidly paralyze
and kill nematode prey upon contact. We report that small lollipop-shaped structures …

The role of antimicrobial peptides in plant immunity

ML Campos, CM de Souza… - Journal of …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Selective pressure imposed by millions of years of relentless biological attack has led to the
development of an extraordinary array of defense strategies in plants. Among these …

[HTML][HTML] The optical properties of leaf structural elements and their contribution to photosynthetic performance and photoprotection

G Karabourniotis, G Liakopoulos, P Bresta… - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Leaves have evolved to effectively harvest light, and, in parallel, to balance photosynthetic
CO2 assimilation with water losses. At times, leaves must operate under light limiting …

Glandular trichomes: new focus on horticultural crops

Z Feng, ES Bartholomew, Z Liu, Y Cui… - Horticulture …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Plant glandular trichomes (GTs) are epidermal outgrowths with the capacity to biosynthesize
and secrete specialized metabolites, that are of great scientific and practical significance …

[HTML][HTML] Cannabinoids and terpenes: how production of photo-protectants can be manipulated to enhance Cannabis sativa L. phytochemistry

VD Brousseau, BS Wu, S MacPherson… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cannabis sativa L. is cultivated for its secondary metabolites, of which the cannabinoids
have documented health benefits and growing pharmaceutical potential. Recent legal …