[HTML][HTML] The style and substance of plant flavonoid decoration; towards defining both structure and function

S Alseekh, LP de Souza, M Benina, AR Fernie - Phytochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Over 8000 different flavonoids have been described and a considerable number of new
flavonoid structures are being elucidated every year. The advent of metabolomics alongside …

[HTML][HTML] Review on herbal tea as a functional food: classification, active compounds, biological activity, and industrial status

Y Liu, C Guo, E Zang, R Shi, Q Liu, M Zhang… - Journal of Future …, 2023 - Elsevier
Most herbal tea infusions use edible medicinal plants as raw material and are consumed
daily. Although herbal tea has a long history of health care applications worldwide, there is a …

[HTML][HTML] Near-perfect control of the regioselective glucosylation enabled by rational design of glycosyltransferases

J Li, G Qu, N Shang, P Chen, Y Men, W Liu… - Green Synthesis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Regioselective syntheses of glycosides using modern chemical methods suffer from the
need to invoke multiple steps of protection and deprotection, and even then product mixtures …

Engineered production of bioactive polyphenolic O-glycosides

J Ren, CD Barton, J Zhan - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Polyphenolic compounds (such as quercetin and resveratrol) possess potential medicinal
values due to their various bioactivities, but poor water solubility hinders their health benefits …

Structurefunction relationships in plant UDP-glycosyltransferases

J Yao, X Xing, L Yu, Y Wang, X Zhang… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Uridine diphosphate-dependent glycosyltransferases (UGTs) in plants catalyze O-, C-, S-
and N-glycosylation of diverse substrates to yield a wide variety of glycosides with broad …

Ectopic expression of citrus UDP-GLUCOSYL TRANSFERASE gene enhances anthocyanin and proanthocyanidins contents and confers high light tolerance in …

MJ Rao, Y Xu, Y Huang, X Tang, X Deng, Q Xu - BMC plant biology, 2019 - Springer
Background Citrus fruits are consumed freshly or as juice to directly provide various dietary
flavonoids to humans. Diverse metabolites are present among Citrus genera, and many …

Functional characterization of genes related to triterpene and flavonoid biosynthesis in Cyclocarya paliurus

S Zhang, Y Peng, G Xiang, W Song, L Feng, X Jiang… - Planta, 2024 - Springer
Main conclusion The oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs) generating triterpenoid skeletons in
Cyclocarya paliurus were identified for the first time, and two uridine diphosphate (UDP) …

Toward the heterologous biosynthesis of plant natural products: gene discovery and characterization

H Wang, H Guo, N Wang, YX Huo - ACS Synthetic Biology, 2021 - ACS Publications
Plant natural products (PNPs) represent a vast and diverse group of natural products, which
have wide applications such as emulsifiers in cosmetics, sweeteners in foods, and active …

The Leaves of Cyclocarya paliurus: A Functional Tea with Preventive and Therapeutic Potential of Type 2 Diabetes

M Qiu, J Peng, H Deng, Y Chang, D Hu… - The American Journal …, 2022 - World Scientific
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become a universal and chronic global public health
concern and causes multiple complex complications. In order to meet the rapidly growing …

The phytochemicals and health benefits of Cyclocarya paliurus (Batalin) Iljinskaja

Y Shen, Y Peng, X Zhu, H Li, L Zhang, F Kong… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Cyclocarya paliurus (C. paliurus), a nutritional and nutraceutical resource for human and
animal diets, has been constantly explored. The available biological components of C …