The hidden world within plants: ecological and evolutionary considerations for defining functioning of microbial endophytes

PR Hardoim, LS Van Overbeek, G Berg… - Microbiology and …, 2015 - Am Soc Microbiol
All plants are inhabited internally by diverse microbial communities comprising bacterial,
archaeal, fungal, and protistic taxa. These microorganisms showing endophytic lifestyles …

[PDF][PDF] Polyphenols in fruits and vegetables and its effect on human health

GPP Lima, F Vianello, CR Corrêa… - Food and Nutrition …, 2014 - repositorio.unesp.br
Polyphenols represent a group of chemical substances common in plants, structurally
characterized by the presence of one or more phenol units. Polyphenols are the most …

Metabolic GWAS‐based dissection of genetic bases underlying the diversity of plant metabolism

C Fang, J Luo - The Plant Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Plants have served as sources providing humans with metabolites for food and nutrition,
biomaterials for living, and treatment for pain and disease. Plants produce a huge array of …

Flavan-3-ols are an effective chemical defense against rust infection

C Ullah, SB Unsicker, C Fellenberg… - Plant …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Phenolic secondary metabolites are often thought to protect plants against attack by
microbes, but their role in defense against pathogen infection in woody plants has not been …

Proanthocyanidins and where to find them: A meta-analytic approach to investigate their chemistry, biosynthesis, distribution, and effect on human health

G Mannino, G Chinigò, G Serio, T Genova, C Gentile… - Antioxidants, 2021 - mdpi.com
Proanthocyanidins (PACs) are a class of polyphenolic compounds that are attracting
considerable interest in the nutraceutical field due to their potential health benefits …

Deciphering the mechanisms, hormonal signaling, and potential applications of endophytic microbes to mediate stress tolerance in medicinal plants

P Pandey, A Tripathi, S Dwivedi, K Lal… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The global healthcare market in the post-pandemic era emphasizes a constant pursuit of
therapeutic, adaptogenic, and immune booster drugs. Medicinal plants are the only natural …

Seasonal variations of the phenolic constituents in bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) leaves, stems and fruits, and their antioxidant activity

OC Bujor, C Le Bourvellec, I Volf, VI Popa, C Dufour - Food chemistry, 2016 - Elsevier
The seasonal variations of the content and diversity of phenolic compounds, as well as the
antioxidant activity of leaves, stems and fruits of bilberry collected in May, July and …

A comparison of fruit quality parameters of wild bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) growing at different locations

M Mikulic‐Petkovsek, V Schmitzer… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND As a part of the ongoing interest in nutritional and nutraceutical properties of
locally produced fruits, the aim of the article was to determine sugars, organic acids …

Silicon-induced changes in antifungal phenolic acids, flavonoids, and key phenylpropanoid pathway genes during the interaction between miniature roses and the …

R Shetty, X Fretté, B Jensen, NP Shetty… - Plant …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Application of 3.6 mm silicon (Si+) to the rose (Rosa hybrida) cultivar Smart
increased the concentration of antimicrobial phenolic acids and flavonoids in response to …

The adaptive role of flavonoids: emphasis on cereals

E Khlestkina - Cereal Research Communications, 2013 - akjournals.com
The flavonoid biosynthesis pathway yields a large family of phenolic compounds which are
involved in many biological activities including plant defense response to a broad spectrum …