Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) are variably distributed across taxa, tissues, and
ecological contexts; this variability has inspired many theories about PSM function, which to …

Plants display tremendous chemical diversity. Like all organisms, they possess a core set of
metabolites for growth and development. However, plants are notorious for their specialized …

Shikonin and its enantiomer, alkannin, are bioactive naphthoquinones produced in several
plants of the family Boraginaceae. The structures of these acylated derivatives, which have …

Acylsugars, specialized metabolites with defense activities, are secreted by trichomes of
many solanaceous plants. Several acylsugar metabolic genes (AMGs) remain unknown. We …

Type-IV glandular trichomes, which only occur in the juvenile developmental phase of the
cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), produce acylsugars that broadly protect against …

Solanaceae (nightshade family) species synthesize a remarkable array of clade-and tissue-
specific specialized metabolites. Protective acylsugars, one such class of structurally diverse …