Covering: 1928–2021 Ginkgo biloba L. is one of the most distinctive plants to have emerged
on earth and has no close living relatives. Owing to its phylogenetic divergence from other …

Saponins are amphiphilic glycosidic secondary metabolites produced by numerous plants.
So far only few of them have been thoroughly analyzed and even less have found industrial …

Recent reports have uncovered the multifunctional role of melatonin in plant physiological
responses under optimal and suboptimal environmental conditions. In this study, we …

Covering: 2000 to 2014 Plant metabolomics has matured and modern plant metabolomics
has accelerated gene discoveries and the elucidation of a variety of plant natural product …

Plants respond to stresses by producing a broad spectrum of bioactive specialized
metabolites. Hormonal elicitors, such as jasmonates, trigger a complex signaling circuit …

Background Soybean seeds are rich in protein and oil. The selection of varieties that
produce high-quality seeds has been one of the priorities of soybean breeding programs …

Medicago sativa L.(lucerne or alfalfa) is a species which is generally regarded as a cheap
source of valuable protein not only for animal fodder but also for nourishment provided in the …

Sarsasapogenin is a natural steroidal sapogenin molecule obtained mainly from
Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge. Among the various phytosteroids present …

Arbuscular mycorrhizas (AM) are the most common symbiotic associations between a plant's
root compartment and fungi. They provide nutritional benefit (mostly inorganic phosphate …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is one of the most important forage species and is recently more
in focus for human consumption mainly due to its content of bioactive phenolics. Samples of …