A decade ago, the value of Nicotiana benthamiana as a tool for plant molecular biologists
was beginning to be appreciated. Scientists were using it to study plant-microbe and protein …

This article recapitulates the existing in vitro and in vivo studies focusing on the effects of
neferine-an alkaloid derivative of lotus plant, in various disease models and its effects on …

Abstract The Calvin–Benson–Bassham (CBB) cycle is presumably evolved for optimal
synthesis of C3 sugars, but not for the production of C2 metabolite acetyl-CoA. The carbon …

Traditional methods of chemical synthesis of alkaloids exhibit various problems such as lack
of enantioselectivity, the use of toxic chemical and intermediates, and multiple numbers of …

The antitumor tetrahydroisoquinoline (THIQ) alkaloids share a common pentacyclic scaffold
that is biosynthesized by nonribosomal peptide synthetases involving unique enzymatic …

The plant-based colchicine potentially affects major diseases such as cardiovascular events,
cancers and gout. Gloriosa superba seeds are a conventional pharmaceutical source of …

This chapter provides an overview of the major classes of plant secondary metabolites found
in vegetables, emphasizing their roles in human health and nutrition. These metabolites …

Opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) remains the only commercial source for several
pharmaceutical alkaloids. In present study, opium poppy plants were genetically …

Of the roughly 12,000 alkaloids naturally produced by plant species, roughly half comprise
the monoterpene indole alkaloid (MIA) and benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) families. These …

Natural products comprise just approximately 0.7% of the commercially available chemical
space but constitute a significantly larger portion of the biologically active space. 1, 2 As …