Lignin, the largest renewable aromatic resource, is a promising alternative feedstock for the
sustainable production of various chemicals, fuels, and materials. Despite this potential …

Microbial fermentations are used for the sustainable production of a range of products. Due
to increasing trends in the food sector toward plant-based foods and meat and dairy product …

High-sugar diet causes health problems, many of which can be addressed with the use of
sugar substitutes. Rubusoside and rebaudiosides are interesting molecules, considered the …

Monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs) represent a large class of plant natural products with
marketed pharmaceutical activities against a wide range of indications, including cancer …

Isoflavones are a group of phenolic compounds mostly restricted to plants of the legume
family, where they mediate important interactions with plant-associated microbes, including …

Biosynthesis of the flavonoid naringenin in plants and bacteria is commonly catalysed by a
type III polyketide synthase (PKS) using one p-coumaroyl-CoA and three malonyl-CoA …

Apiose is a natural pentose containing an unusual branched-chain structure. Apiosides are
bioactive natural products widely present in the plant kingdom. However, little is known on …

Icariin (ICA) has wide applications in nutraceuticals and medicine with strong anticancer
activities. However, the structural complexity and low abundance in plants of ICA lead to the …

Heparin, the most widely used anticoagulant drug, is mainly acquired from livestock.
Variable structures and contaminations of other glycosaminoglycans of animal-sourced …

黄酮类化合物是植物中广泛分布的一大类次级代谢产物, 已报道的化合物超过10 000 种,
结构多样且部分具有抗癌, 抗炎等重要的药理活性. 黄酮类化合物生物合成相关的基因及酶 …