The triterpenoids of the bitter gourd (Momordica Charantia) and their pharmacological activities: A review

L Sun, X Zhang, L Dong, C Zhang, P Guo… - Journal of Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
The bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) is a world-famous medical vegetable involved in
multiple pharmacological activities especially known for its lipid-and glucose-lowering …

Endophytes, biotransforming microorganisms, and engineering microbial factories for triterpenoid saponins production

L Yao, J Wang, J He, L Huang… - Critical Reviews in …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Triterpenoid saponins are structurally diverse secondary metabolites. They are the main
active ingredient of many medicinal plants and have a wide range of pharmacological …

A widely targeted metabolite modificomics strategy for modified metabolites identification in tomato

J Yang, R Chen, C Wang, C Li, W Ye… - Journal of Integrative …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The structural and functional diversity of plant metabolites is largely created via chemical
modification of a basic backbone. However, metabolite modifications in plants have still not …

Multi‐omics data‐driven investigations of metabolic diversity of plant triterpenoids

Y Shang, S Huang - The Plant Journal, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The vast majority of structurally diverse metabolites play essential roles in mediating the
interactions between plant and environment, and constitute a valuable resource for …

Mining of UDP‐glucosyltrfansferases in licorice for controllable glycosylation of pentacyclic triterpenoids

L Zhang, S Ren, X Liu, X Liu, F Guo… - Biotechnology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Pentacyclic triterpenoids have wide applications in the pharmaceutical industry. The precise
glucosylation at C‐3 OH of pentacyclic triterpenoids mediated by uridine 5'‐diphospho …

High concentrations of CPPU promotes cucurbitacin B accumulation in melon (Cucumis melo var. makuwa Makino) fruit by inducing transcription factor CmBt

F Luo, Q Li, L Yu, C Wang, H Qi - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract N-(2-Chloro-4-pyridyl)-N′-phenylurea (CPPU) is a cytokinin-like plant growth
regulator, which application in melon fruit set often produced bitter fruit caused by …

An integrated transcriptome and metabolome approach reveals the accumulation of taste-related metabolites and gene regulatory networks during watermelon fruit …

C Gong, H Zhu, X Lu, D Yang, S Zhao, MJ Umer, N He… - Planta, 2021 - Springer
Main conclusion Accumulation patterns and gene regulatory networks of sugars and
cucurbitacins and related primary and secondary metabolites during cultivated watermelon …

[HTML][HTML] Critical enzymes for biosynthesis of cucurbitacin derivatives in watermelon and their biological significance

YC Kim, D Choi, A Cha, YG Lee, NI Baek… - Communications …, 2020 - nature.com
Various cucurbitacins have been isolated, and their structures have been elucidated. Owing
to their economic potential and importance as active pharmacological compounds, their …

[PDF][PDF] 植物三萜皂苷生物合成途径及调控机制研究进展

徐圆圆, 陈仲, 贾黎明, 翁学煌 - 中国科学: 生命科学, 2021 - researchgate.net
摘要三萜皂苷是一类天然存在的结构多样的三萜苷类化合物, 广泛分布于植物中.
三萜皂苷不仅是植物抵御病原微生物和食草动物的防御化合物, 还具有多种药理活性 …

[HTML][HTML] Sequestration of cucurbitacins from cucumber plants by Diabrotica balteata larvae provides little protection against biological control agents

P Bruno, CCM Arce, RAR Machado, G Besomi… - Journal of pest …, 2023 - Springer
Cucurbitaceae plants produce cucurbitacins, bitter triterpenoids, to protect themselves
against various insects and pathogens. Adult banded cucumber beetles (Diabrotica …