Gibberellins are produced by all vascular plants and several fungal and bacterial species
that associate with plants as pathogens or symbionts. In the 60 years since the first …

Fungi and plants are rich sources of thousands of secondary metabolites. The genetically
coded possibilities for secondary metabolite production, the stimuli of the production, and …

Plant secondary metabolites carry out numerous functions in interactions between plants
and a broad range of other organisms. Experimental evidence strongly supports the …

Some plant terpenes such as sterols and carotenes are part of primary metabolism and
found essentially in all plants. However, the majority of the terpenes found in plants are …

The terpenoids constitute the largest class of natural products and many interesting products
are extensively applied in the industrial sector as flavors, fragrances, spices and are also …

In plant terpene biosynthesis, oxidation of the hydrocarbon backbone produced by terpene
synthases is typically carried out by cytochrome P450 oxygenases (CYPs). The …

Terpenoids (isoprenoids) encompass more than 40 000 structures and form the largest class
of all known plant metabolites. Some terpenoids have well‐characterized physiological …

Covering: up to the end of March 2010 Unlike the majority of terpenoids, a significant fraction
of the polycyclic diterpenoids (∼ 7000 already known) are now understood to originate from …

A long‐standing goal in plant research is to optimize the protective function of biochemical
agents that impede pest and pathogen attack. Nearly 40 years ago, pathogen‐inducible …

The diterpenoids are classically defined by their composition—four isoprenyl units (20
carbons)—and are generally derived from [E, E, E]-geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) …