Multicellular glandular trichomes are epidermal outgrowths characterized by the presence of
a head made of cells that have the ability to secrete or store large quantities of specialized …

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

Croton is a genus of Euphorbiaceae comprising around 1,300 species, widespread in
tropical regions of the Old and New Worlds. Several species have a long role in the …

Covering: 2005. Previous review: Nat. Prod. Rep., 2005, 22, 594 This review covers the
isolation and structures of diterpenoids, including labdanes, clerodanes, pimaranes …

Croton roxburghii and Croton sublyratus have been used as skin treatments in traditional
medicine. The objective of the present study was to investigate the antimelanogenic effect of …

Salvinorin A, a neoclerodane diterpenoid, isolated from the Mexican hallucinogenic plant
Salvia divinorum, is a potent kappa-opioid receptor agonist. Its biosynthetic route was …

This article will give a complete overview of linear diterpenes isolated from the brown alga
Bifurcaria bifurcata. For this purpose all published acyclic diterpenoids are listed and …

Cell suspension cultures of Croton stellatopilosus were fed with [1-13C] glucose and [2-13C]
sodium acetate and cultured under control conditions. β-Sitosterol and stigmasterol were …

In this work, we aimed at implementing the biosynthesis of triterpenic acids in Nicotiana
tabacum glandular trichomes. Although endogenous genes coding for enzymes involved in …

The biosynthesis of (2S)-2-methyl-2-(4′-methyl-3′-pentenyl)-8-(3 ″-methyl-2-butenyl)-2H-
1-benzopyran-6-carboxylic acid (gaudichaudianic acid), the major metabolite in leaves and …