Mentha: Nutritional and Health Attributes to Treat Various Ailments Including Cardiovascular Diseases

S Saqib, F Ullah, M Naeem, M Younas, A Ayaz, S Ali… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
A poor diet, resulting in malnutrition, is a critical challenge that leads to a variety of metabolic
disorders, including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases. Mentha species are …

Direct and indirect effects of essential oils for sustainable crop protection

S Kesraoui, MF Andrés, M Berrocal-Lobo, S Soudani… - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Plant essential oils (EOs) are gaining interest as biopesticides for crop protection. EOs have
been recognized as important ingredients of plant protection products including insecticidal …

A chromosome-level genome assembly reveals that a bipartite gene cluster formed via an inverted duplication controls monoterpenoid biosynthesis in Schizonepeta …

C Liu, SJ Smit, J Dang, P Zhou, GT Godden, Z Jiang… - Molecular plant, 2023 - cell.com
Biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs) are regions of a genome where genes involved in a
biosynthetic pathway are in proximity. The origin and evolution of plant BGCs as well as their …

[HTML][HTML] Promising underutilized wild plants of cold desert Ladakh, India for nutritional security and health benefits

C Nirmala, B Shahar, N Dolma, O Santosh - Applied Food Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Underutilized wild plants are important sources of nutrition and medicine since ancient times
and have contributed to food security, enriching diet diversity and preventing malnutrition …

A review of the knowledge base for the development of natural ingredients value chains for a sustainable biobased economy in Colombia

R Vargas-Carpintero, F Romero-Perdomo… - Discover …, 2023 - Springer
Natural ingredients (NIs) from plant biodiversity represent a value creation strategy in the
transition to a sustainable biobased economy, especially in biodiversity rich countries. A …

[PDF][PDF] Cyanobacterial elicitors as efficient plant growth promoters affect the biomass and metabolic profiles of four species of Mentha L.: a comparative study

H Riahi, Z Shariatmadari, F Heidari… - South African Journal …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Medicinal and aromatic plants contain compounds with industrial and therapeutic
applications; among which genus Mentha L. has special economic importance. The present …

Genetic manipulation of biosynthetic pathways in mint

LK Fuchs, AH Holland, RA Ludlow, RJ Coates… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, the study of aromatic plants has seen an increase, with great interest from
industrial, academic, and pharmaceutical industries. Among plants attracting increased …

Whole Transcriptome Sequencing Unveils the Genomic Determinants of Putative Somaclonal Variation in Mint (Mentha L.)

F López-Hernández, AJ Cortés - International Journal of Molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mint (Mentha L., Lamiaceae) is a strongly scented herb of the family Lamiaceae that is
grown mostly by clonal propagation, making it a valuable species for the study of …

A Revised Phylogeny of the Mentha spicata Clade Reveals Cryptic Species

OCG Heylen, N Debortoli, J Marescaux, JK Olofsson - Plants, 2021 - mdpi.com
The genus Mentha is taxonomically and phylogenetically challenging due to complex
genomes, polyploidization and an extensive historical nomenclature, potentially hiding …

Approaches and Applications of Mentha Species in Sustainable Agriculture

KI Kadoglidou, P Chatzopoulou - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The potential applications of the genus Mentha as natural pesticides and environmentally
friendly postharvest treatments for agricultural products in sustainable agriculture are …