<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract Terpenoids (isoprenoids) represent the largest
and most diverse class of chemicals among the myriad compounds produced by plants …

Multicellular glandular trichomes are epidermal outgrowths characterized by the presence of
a head made of cells that have the ability to secrete or store large quantities of specialized …

All known triterpenes are generated by triterpene synthases (TrTSs) from squalene or
oxidosqualene. This approach is fundamentally different from the biosynthesis of short-chain …

Plant specialized terpenoids are natural products that have no obvious role in growth and
development, but play many important functional roles to improve the plant's overall fitness …

The triterpenes are one of the most numerous and diverse groups of plant natural products.
They are complex molecules that are, for the most part, beyond the reach of chemical …

The terpenoids constitute the largest class of natural products and many interesting products
are extensively applied in the industrial sector as flavors, fragrances, spices and are also …

The overuse of antibiotics in the past decades has led to the emergence of a large number
of drug-resistant microorganisms. In recent years, the infection rate caused by multidrug …

Cancer remains to be one of the leading causes of death in the United States and around
the world. The advent of modern drug-targeted therapies has undeniably improved cancer …

Saponins are bioactive compounds generally considered to be produced by plants to
counteract pathogens and herbivores. Besides their role in plant defense, saponins are of …

Cucumber is an economically important crop as well as a model system for sex
determination studies and plant vascular biology. Here we report the draft genome …