Medicinal plants represent a huge reservoir of secondary metabolites (SMs), substances
with significant pharmaceutical and industrial potential. However, obtaining secondary …

High-value active ingredients in medicinal plants have attracted research attention because
of their benefits for human health, such as the antimalarial artemisinin, anticardiovascular …

Catharanthus roseus produces a wide spectrum of monoterpene indole alkaloids (MIAs).
MIA biosynthesis requires a tightly coordinated pathway involving more than 30 enzymatic …

Plants synthesize a myriad of secondary metabolites (SMs) that are derived from central or
primary metabolism. While these so-called natural products have been targets for plant …

Transcriptomics is one of the most popular topics in biology in recent times. Transcriptome
sequencing (RNA-Seq) is a high-throughput, high-sensitivity, and high-resolution technique …

Plants produce thousands of secondary metabolites (aka specialized metabolites) of diverse
chemical nature. These compounds play important roles in protecting plants under adverse …

Secondary metabolite (SM) production provides biotic and abiotic stress resistance and
enables plants to adapt to the environment. Biosynthesis of these metabolites involves a …

Main conclusion Medicinal and aromatic plants are known to produce secondary
metabolites that find uses as flavoring agents, fragrances, insecticides, dyes and drugs …

Plant secondary metabolites play an important role in the fields of food, medicine,
agriculture, and biofuels. Secondary metabolites are an important focus of crop breeding …

Medicinal plants are essential and rich resources for plant-based medicines and new drugs.
Increasing attentions are paid to the secondary metabolites of medicinal plants due to their …