Secondary metabolites (SMs) of medicinal plants are the material basis of their clinically
curative effects. They are also important indicators for evaluating the quality of medicinal …

Floral scents and fruit aromas are crucial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in plants. They
are used in defense mechanisms, along with mechanisms to attract pollinators and seed …

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 …

Floral volatiles have attracted humans' attention since antiquity and have since then
permeated many aspects of our lives. Indeed, they are heavily used in perfumes, cosmetics …

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 …

Arabidopsis thaliana flowers emit volatile terpenes, which may function in plant–insect
interactions. Here, we report that Arabidopsis MYC2, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription …

Analysis of the updated reference tomato genome found 34 full‐length TPS genes and 18
TPS pseudogenes. Biochemical analysis has now identified the catalytic activities of all …

Vascular plants appeared~ 410 million years ago, then diverged into several lineages of
which only two survive: the euphyllophytes (ferns and seed plants) and the lycophytes. We …

The multitude of terpene carbon skeletons in plants is formed by enzymes known as terpene
synthases. This review covers the monoterpene and sesquiterpene synthases presenting an …

Volatile compounds act as a language that plants use for their communication and
interaction with the surrounding environment. To date, a total of 1700 volatile compounds …