Covering: up to 2022 Plants produce a wide range of structurally and biosynthetically
diverse natural products to interact with their environment. These specialised metabolites …

Plant natural products (PNPs) are specialized metabolites with diverse bioactivities. They
are extensively used in the pharmaceutical, cosmeceutical and food industries. PNPs are …

Long-read sequencing data, particularly those derived from the Oxford Nanopore
sequencing platform, tend to exhibit high error rates. Here, we present NextDenovo, an …

Tropane alkaloids (TAs) are widely distributed in the Solanaceae, while some important
medicinal tropane alkaloids (mTAs), such as hyoscyamine and scopolamine, are restricted …

Plants biosynthesize a broad range of natural products through specialized and species-
specific metabolic pathways that are fuelled by core metabolism, together forming a …

Hybridization and polyploidization are important driving forces in angiosperm evolution,
resulting in novel phenotypes capable of prompting ecological diversification and invasion …

Horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis) is an important medicinal tree that contains various
bioactive compounds, such as aescin, barrigenol-type triterpenoid saponins (BAT), and …

Abstract The genus Salvia L.(Lamiaceae) comprises myriad distinct medicinal herbs, with
terpenoids as one of their major active chemical groups. Abietane-type diterpenoids (ATDs) …

The spatial organization of genes within plant genomes can drive evolution of specialized
metabolic pathways. Terpenoids are important specialized metabolites in plants with diverse …

Because of their great therapeutic and economic value, medicinal plants have attracted
increasing scientific attention. With the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing …