High-value active ingredients in medicinal plants have attracted research attention because
of their benefits for human health, such as the antimalarial artemisinin, anticardiovascular …

Medicinal plants represent a huge reservoir of secondary metabolites (SMs), substances
with significant pharmaceutical and industrial potential. However, obtaining secondary …

Main conclusion This study provides an overview of the structure, classification, regulatory
mechanisms, and biological functions of the basic (region) leucine zipper transcription …

Plants produce thousands of secondary metabolites (aka specialized metabolites) of diverse
chemical nature. These compounds play important roles in protecting plants under adverse …

Alkaloids represent a highly diverse group of compounds that are related only by the
occurrence of a nitrogen atom in a heterocyclic ring. Plants are estimated to produce …

Catharanthus roseus produces a large array of terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs) that are an
important source of natural or semisynthetic anticancer drugs. The biosynthesis of TIAs is …

Catharanthus roseus produces bioactive terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIA s), including the
chemotherapeutics, vincristine and vinblastine. Transcriptional regulation of TIA …

The vigorous production of oxygenated fatty acids (oxylipins) is a characteristic response to
pathogenesis and herbivory, and is often accompanied by the substantial release of small …

Plants make specialized bioactive metabolites to defend themselves against attackers. The
conserved control mechanisms are based on transcriptional activation of the respective …

Camptothecin (CPT) is a modified monoterpene indole alkaloid produced by Camptotheca
acuminata (Nyssaceae), Nothapodytes foetida, Pyrenacantha klaineana, Merrilliodendron …