The monophyletic group of embryophytes (land plants) stands out among photosynthetic
eukaryotes: they are the sole constituents of the macroscopic flora on land. In their entirety …

Background Land plants commonly produce red pigmentation as a response to
environmental stressors, both abiotic and biotic. The type of pigment produced varies among …

Land plants constantly respond to fluctuations in their environment. Part of their response is
the production of a diverse repertoire of specialized metabolites. One of the foremost …

This review covers literature between 2003–2021 The development and application of
genome mining tools has given rise to ever-growing genetic and chemical databases and …

Among the most relevant bioactive molecules family, phenolic compounds (PCs) are well
known in higher plants, while their knowledge in microalgae is still scarce. Microalgae …

Large enzyme families catalyze metabolic diversification by virtue of their ability to use
diverse chemical scaffolds. How enzyme families attain such functional diversity is not clear …

Anthocyanins are a family of water-soluble vacuolar pigments present in almost all flowering
plants. The chemistry, biosynthesis and functions of these flavonoids have been intensively …

The evolution of several hallmark traits of land plants is underpinned by phytochemical
innovations. The specialized metabolism of plants can appear like a teeming chaos that has …

Blue was the last color to be spread in Nature by the anthocyanins present in angiosperms,
and the last color to be managed by Humans in Anthropocene. Blue also appears in a small …

Life on land exposes plants to varied abiotic and biotic environmental stresses. These
environmental drivers contributed to a large expansion of metabolic capabilities during land …