Plant specialized terpenoids are natural products that have no obvious role in growth and
development, but play many important functional roles to improve the plant's overall fitness …

Since the isolation of the first withanolides in the mid-1960s, over 600 new members of this
group of compounds have been described, with most from genera of the plant family …

Saponins are one of the most numerous and diverse groups of plant natural products. They
serve a range of ecological roles including plant defence against disease and herbivores …

Withania somnifera is one of the most valuable medicinal plants used in Ayurvedic and other
indigenous medicine systems due to bioactive molecules known as withanolides. As …

Lignification is a vital function in plants for improving tolerance against stressors. This article
presents studies conducted on the relationship of wheat straw lignin with enhanced plant …

Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera Dunal., Solanaceae) is one of the most reputed
medicinal plants of Ayurveda, the traditional medical system. Several of its traditionally …

Withania somnifera (ashwagandha) is a rich repository of large number of
pharmacologically active secondary metabolites known as withanolides. Though the plant …

Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha), is one of the most reputed Indian medicinal plants,
having immense pharmacological activities due to the occurrence of withanolides. The …

Ethnopharmacological relevance Withania somnifera is one of the most extensively delved
Ayurvedic medicine. Apart from rejuvenation and increasing longevity, it has several other …

Background Sterol glycosyltrnasferases (SGT) are enzymes that glycosylate sterols which
play important role in plant adaptation to stress and are medicinally important in plants like …