Phenylpropanoid metabolism is one of the most important metabolisms in plants, yielding
more than 8,000 metabolites contributing to plant development and plant–environment …

Phenolic compounds, present in plants, are considered to be indispensable parts of human
dietary sources. Sinapic acid, is a natural herbal compound containing phenolic acid. It is …

The phenylpropanoid pathway serves as a rich source of metabolites in plants, being
required for the biosynthesis of lignin, and serving as a starting point for the production of …

Sinapic acid is widespread in the plant kingdom (fruits, vegetables, cereal grains, oilseed
crops, and some spices and medicinal plants) and as such is common in the human diet …

The lignin biosynthetic pathway has been studied for more than a century but has
undergone major revisions over the past decade. Significant progress has been made in …

Phenylpropanoid compounds encompass a wide range of structural classes and biological
functions. Limiting discussion to stress-induced phenylpropanoids eliminates few of the …

Some of the recent advances in flavonoid research are reviewed. The role of anthocyanins
and flavones in providing stable blue flower colours in the angiosperms is outlined. The …

Lignin, a phenolic polymer derived mainly from hydroxycinnamyl alcohols, is ubiquitously
present in tracheophytes. The development of lignin biosynthesis has been considered to be …

With the completion of the Arabidopsis genome sequencing project, the next major
challenge is the large-scale determination of gene function. As a model organism for …

The processes underlying lignification, which for many years have been the near-exclusive
purview of chemists and biochemists, have more recently been approached using both …