Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) play essential roles in the adaptation to harsh
environments and function in plant defense responses. PSMs act as key components of …

Plants have long been exploited as a sustainable source of food, flavors, agrochemicals,
colors, therapeutic proteins, bioactive compounds, and stem cell production. However, plant …

Plants are a rich source of bioactive compounds, many of which have been exploited for
cosmetic, nutritional, and medicinal purposes. Through the characterization of metabolic …

CRISPR/Cas-mediated genome editing is a powerful tool of plant functional genomics. Hairy
root transformation is a rapid and convenient approach for obtaining transgenic roots. When …

Camptothecin is a chemotherapeutic drug widely used to treat various cancers. Ophiorrhiza
pumila is an ideal plant model for the study of camptothecin production, with various …

Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are one of the most important genetic markers and widely
exist in most species. Here, we identified 249,822 SSRs from 3,951,919 genes in 112 plants …

Globalization and industrialization of agriculture although benefitted with adequate food
supplies, its negative side effects have also been realized particularly with respect to loss of …

Plants produce a large variety of low-molecular-weight and specialized secondary
compounds. Among them, nitrogen-containing alkaloids are the most biologically active and …

Abstract Camptothecin (CPT), a well-known natural anti-cancer drug, is produced from
woody plant Camptotheca acuminata. Up to now, two CPT-derivatives, irinotecan and …

Abstract Camptothecin (CPT), a well-known monoterpenoid indole alkaloid with broad-
spectrum anti-cancer activity, is produced from plants and endophytes. In view of the …