Pathogens hitting the plant cell wall is the first impetus that triggers the phenylpropanoid
pathway for plant defense. The phenylpropanoid pathway bifurcates into the production of …

Soy is a basic food ingredient of traditional Asian cuisine used for thousands of years. In
Western countries, soybeans have been introduced about a hundred years ago and recently …

Plant resistance to pathogens relies on a complex network of constitutive and inducible
defensive barriers. The plant cell wall is one of the barriers that pathogens need to …

The battle between plants and microbes is evolutionarily ancient, highly complex, and often
co-dependent. A primary challenge for microbes is to breach the physical barrier of host cell …

Lignin, the most abundant aromatic biopolymer on Earth, is extremely recalcitrant to
degradation. By linking to both hemicellulose and cellulose, it creates a barrier to any …

Isoflavones are ecophysiologically active secondary metabolites derived from the
phenylpropanoid pathway. They were mostly found in leguminous plants, especially in the …

There is growing interest in the potential health threats posed by endocrine-disrupting
chemicals (EDCs) to the reproductive system. Soybean is the most important dietary source …

O‐caffeoylquinic acid, also known as chlorogenic acid (CGA), functions as an intermediate
in lignin biosynthesis in the phenylpropanoid pathway. It is widely distributed among …

Lignins and their antimicrobial‐related polymers cooperatively enhance plant resistance to
pathogens. Several isoforms of 4‐coumarate‐coenzyme A ligases (4CLs) have been …

Lignin is a ubiquitous polymer present in cell walls of all vascular plants, where it rigidifies
and strengthens the cell wall structure through covalent cross-linkages to cell wall …