The basis of modern pharmacology is the human ability to exploit the production of
specialized metabolites from medical plants, for example, terpenoids, alkaloids, and …

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

Plants produce thousands of chemically diverse secondary metabolites, many of which have
valuable pharmaceutical properties. There is much interest in the synthesis of these …

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

Plants produce a variety of secondary metabolites, some of which are used as
pharmaceuticals or are health promoting as food components. Recent genetic studies on the …

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

Plants produce secondary metabolites, among others, to protect themselves against
microbial and herbivore attack or UV irradiation. Certain metabolite classes also function in …

Plant-specialized metabolites such as flavonoids, polyketides, terpenoids, glucosinolates,
and phenolic compounds, more commonly known as secondary metabolites are organic …

Plants, fungi, and microorganisms are equipped with biosynthesis machinery for producing
thousands of secondary metabolites. These compounds have important functions in nature …

Publisher Summary The plant kingdom provides a vast source of compounds with important
biological activities, and ambitious projects to exploit this diversity have been undertaken …