Plant carotenoids are a family of pigments that participate in light harvesting and are
essential for photoprotection against excess light. Furthermore, they act as precursors for the …

Covering: up to mid-2010 This review focuses on plant carotenoids, but it also includes
progress made on microbial and animal carotenoid metabolism to better understand the …

Background Some, but not all, plants emit isoprene. Emission of the related monoterpenes is
more universal among plants, but the amount of isoprene emitted from plants dominates the …

When compared to other organisms, plants are atypical with respect to isoprenoid
biosynthesis: they utilize two distinct and separately compartmentalized pathways to build …

Carotenoids represent a large class of terpenoids characterized by an extensively
conjugated polyene chain. The conjugation system imparts carotenoids with excellent light …

Steviol glycosides are found in high concentrations in the leaves of the Paraguayan
perennial herb Stevia rebaudiana and their intense sweetness, as well as high …

Isoprenoids represent the oldest class of known low molecular-mass natural products
synthesized by plants. Their biogenesis in plastids, mitochondria and the endoplasmic …

Squalene is a natural triterpene and an important intermediate of sterol and hopanoid
biosynthesis in various types of cell from bacteria to human. Synthesis and further …

Abstract The methyl-d-erythritol 4-phosphate pathway is responsible for the biosynthesis of a
substantial number of natural compounds of biological and biotechnological importance. In …

Stevia rebaudiana, a perennial herb from the Asteraceae family, is known to the scientific
world for its sweetness and steviol glycosides (SGs). SGs are the secondary metabolites …