Plants are major factories for the biosynthesis of valuable bioactive compounds having
pharmaceutical applications. These phytocompounds are synthesised via the diversion of …

Strategies for mitigating soil organic carbon (SOC) losses in intensively managed
agricultural systems typically draw from traditional concepts of soil organic matter formation …

Waxy compounds form the boundary layer of the living leaf and contribute biomarkers to
soils, and lake and marine sediments. Cataloging the variation in leaf wax traits between …

Triterpenoids and their derivatives are ubiquitous in sediment samples. Land plants are
major sources of nonhopanoid triterpenoids; these terpenoids comprise a vast number of …

Tropical montane regions tend to have high rates of precipitation, biological production,
erosion, and sediment export, which together move material off the landscape and toward …

Sedimentary plant waxes and their hydrogen and carbon (δ 2 H and δ 13 C) isotopes are
important proxies for past hydrologic and vegetation change. However sedimentary waxes …

Coal and carbonaceous shale samples were taken from the Late Oligocene Bobov Dol
Basin, SW Bulgaria. Seams I a, I, II a+ b, III, IV and V from the coal-bearing Bobov Dol Fm …

The Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan resulted in the deposition of radiocesium over
forested and rural landscapes northwest of the power plant. Although there have been …

The hydrogen isotope values of plant waxes (δ 2 H wax) primarily reflect plant source water.
δ 2 H wax preserved in lake sediments has therefore been widely used to investigate past …

Plant-derived diterpenoids are commonly used as conifer-specific biomarkers and for
chemotaxonomic assignment or confirmation. Numerous studies have reported on the utility …