Plant secondary metabolites (SMs) play important roles in plant survival and in creating
ecological connections between other species. In addition to providing a variety of valuable …

Plants need to counter continuous threats posed by the environment, such as pathogen
attacks (fungi, viruses, insects, nematodes) and harsh physical conditions (drought, salinity …

Elicitation is a possible aid to overcome various difficulties associated with the large‐scale
production of most commercially important bioactive secondary metabolites from wild and …

Background Plant-based meat analogues (PBMA) are promising to address the issue of
imbalance between global meat supply and demand. PBMA can contribute to an …

During the whole lifespan from seedling to the mature stage, the plant produces a range of
complex compounds usually known as Secondary Metabolites (SMs) for their cellular and …

Bioactive compounds (eg, flavonoids, phenolics acids, alkaloids and carotenoids) are
commercially-valued products, due to their wide array of applications in the medical …

The production of drugs, cosmetics, and food which are derived from plant cell and tissue
cultures has a long tradition. The emerging trend of manufacturing cosmetics and food …

The production of secondary metabolites from medicinal plants, also called Plant-Derived
Medicinal Compounds (PDMC), is gaining ground in the last decade. Concomitant to the …

Plant secondary metabolites are produced naturally in the plant system as a defense
mechanism to combat environmental stress factors. These metabolites are extensively used …

Endophytes are microbial symbionts of plants which dwell within the internal tissues of
healthy plants without the manifestation of any infection symptoms on their hosts. In addition …