Flavonoids are a signature class of secondary metabolites formed from a relatively simple
collection of scaffolds. They are extensively decorated by chemical reactions including …

Metabolite formation is a biochemical and physiological feature of plants developed as an
environmental response during the evolutionary process. These metabolites help defend …

Highlights•Plants are considered to biosynthesize specialized metabolites to adapt to
environmental stresses.•The function of metabolites induced by abiotic stress in vivo is …

The (seco) iridoids and their derivatives, the monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs), form
two large families of plant-derived bioactive compounds with a wide spectrum of high-value …

Nowadays, the research for secondary metabolites with health promoting effects in
countering or slowing-down chronic and degenerative diseases (eg cancer, cardiovascular …

C4 and C3 photosynthesis differ in the efficiency with which they consume water and
nitrogen. Engineering traits of the more efficient C4 photosynthesis into C3 crops could …

Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs), the α-galactosyl derivatives of sucrose, are nearly
ubiquitous in Plantae, and they have been demonstrated to play pivotal roles in regulating …

Fructose (Fru) is a major storage form of sugars found in vacuoles, yet the molecular
regulation of vacuolar Fru transport is poorly studied. Although SWEET17 (for SUGARS …

Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is an essential component of all life forms. Land plants acquire Pi
from the soil through roots and associated symbioses, and it is then transported throughout …

Background The elucidation of complex biological systems requires integration of multiple
molecular parameters. Accordingly, high throughput methods like transcriptomics …