Recent advances in triterpenoid pathway elucidation and engineering

S Dinday, S Ghosh - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Triterpenoids are among the most assorted class of specialized metabolites found in all the
taxa of living organisms. Triterpenoids are the leading active ingredients sourced from plant …

A glance at the chemodiversity of Ocimum species: Trends, implications, and strategies for the quality and yield improvement of essential oil

TP Gurav, BB Dholakia, AP Giri - Phytochemistry Reviews, 2022 - Springer
Ocimum species represent commercially important medicinal and aromatic plants. The
essential oil biosynthesized by Ocimum species is enriched with specialized metabolites …

The effect of drought stress on the expression of key genes involved in the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids and essential oil components in basil (Ocimum basilicum …

BA Mandoulakani, E Eyvazpour, M Ghadimzadeh - Phytochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Basil (Ocimum basilicum L.), a medicinal plant of the Lamiaceae family, is used in
traditional medicine; its essential oil is a rich source of phenylpropanoids. Methylchavicol …

[HTML][HTML] Herbal genomics as tools for dissecting new metabolic pathways of unexplored medicinal plants and drug discovery

P Chakraborty - Biochimie open, 2018 - Elsevier
Herbal drugs, on which 80% of the world's population rely, are relatively safe over
conventional drugs. Conventional drugs are costly, have serious side effects and hence over …

Ocimum metabolomics in response to abiotic stresses: Cold, flood, drought and salinity

S Rastogi, S Shah, R Kumar, D Vashisth, MQ Akhtar… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Ocimum tenuiflorum is a widely used medicinal plant since ancient times and still continues
to be irreplaceable due to its properties. The plant has been explored chemically and …

Challenges in medicinal and aromatic plants DNA barcoding—lessons from the Lamiaceae

N Nazar, C Howard, A Slater, T Sgamma - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The potential value of DNA barcoding for the identification of medicinal plants and
authentication of traded plant materials has been widely recognized; however, a number of …

Beneficial root endophytic fungi increase growth and quality parameters of sweet basil in heavy metal contaminated soil

M Sabra, A Aboulnasr, P Franken, E Perreca… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
How interactions between plants, the rhizosphere, and contaminated soil affect
environmental sustainability is still under research. We tested the effects of two root …

Genome sequencing of herb Tulsi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) unravels key genes behind its strong medicinal properties

AK Upadhyay, AR Chacko, A Gandhimathi, P Ghosh… - BMC plant biology, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Krishna Tulsi, a member of Lamiaceae family, is a herb well known for
its spiritual, religious and medicinal importance in India. The common name of this plant is …

De novo transcriptome sequencing and metabolite profiling analyses reveal the complex metabolic genes involved in the terpenoid biosynthesis in Blue Anise Sage …

M Ali, RM Hussain, NU Rehman, G She, P Li… - DNA …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Many terpenoid compounds have been extracted from different tissues of Salvia guaranitica.
However, the molecular genetic basis of terpene biosynthesis pathways is virtually …

Interspecies comparative features of trichomes in Ocimum reveal insights for biosynthesis of specialized essential oil metabolites

S Maurya, M Chandra, RK Yadav, LK Narnoliya… - Protoplasma, 2019 - Springer
Ocimum species commonly referred to as “Tulsi” are well-known for their distinct medicinal
and aromatic properties. The characteristic aroma of Ocimum species and cultivars is …