Aroma volatiles are essential for plant ecological fitness and reproduction. Plants produce
and use volatiles to attract pollinators and seed dispersers, repel herbivores and recruit their …

For plant volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to be emitted, they must cross membrane (s),
the aqueous cell wall, and sometimes the cuticle, before moving into the gas phase. It is …

Benzaldehyde, the simplest aromatic aldehyde, is one of the most wide-spread volatiles that
serves as a pollinator attractant, flavor, and antifungal compound. However, the enzyme …

Essential oils (EOs) find application as flavoring agents in the food industry and are also
desirable ingredients as they possess preservative properties. The Mediterranean diet …

Phenylpropenes such as eugenol, chavicol, estragole, and anethole contribute to the flavor
and aroma of a number of important herbs and spices. They have been shown to function as …

Nymphaea is a key genus of the ANA grade (Amborellales, Nymphaeales, and
Austrobaileyales) of basal flowering plants, which serve as a key model to study the early …

A striking feature of the angiosperms that use animals as pollen carriers to sexually
reproduce is the great diversity of their flowers with regard to morphology and traits such as …

The volatiles in the young shoots of tea cultivars are the important material basis for the
formation of tea aroma, but the cultivar-specific aroma and its molecular regulation are still …

Studies on the active pathways and the genes involved in the biosynthesis of L-
phenylalanine-derived volatiles in fleshy fruits are sparse. Melon fruit rinds converted stable …

Lignin, flavonoids, melatonin, and stilbenes are plant specialized metabolites with diverse
physiological and biological functions, supporting plant growth and conferring stress …