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

The lipid-derived phytohormone jasmonate (JA) regulates plant growth, development,
secondary metabolism, defense against insect attack and pathogen infection, and tolerance …

Advances in omics technologies now permit the generation of highly contiguous genome
assemblies, detection of transcripts and metabolites at the level of single cells and high …

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

Plants produce a large variety of secondary metabolites including alkaloids, glucosinolates,
terpenoids and phenylpropanoids. These compounds play key roles in plant–environment …

Plant growth, development and interaction with the environment involve the action of
multiple phytohormones. Transcription factors (TFs) of diverse families play essential roles in …

Jasmonates (JAs) are signals in plant stress responses and development. One of the first
observed and prominent responses to JAs is the induction of biosynthesis of different groups …

The basis of modern pharmacology is the human ability to exploit the production of
specialized metabolites from medical plants, for example, terpenoids, alkaloids, and …

Terpenoids are one of the essential plant metabolites which are known to play vital roles in
plants' primary growth and development including protection from biotic and abiotic stresses …

Highlights•Jasmonates are signals in plant stress responses and development.•Numerous
transcription factors function as activators, repressors and co-repressors.•Metabolism of …