Covering: up to 2022 Pentacyclic triterpenoids are important natural bioactive substances
that are widely present in plants and fungi. They have significant medicinal efficacy, play an …

Over the past century, early advances in understanding the identity of the chemicals that
collectively form a living plant have led scientists to deeper investigations exploring where …

The Chilean soapbark tree (Quillaja saponaria) produces soap-like molecules called QS
saponins that are important vaccine adjuvants. These highly valuable compounds are …

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 …

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 …

Horse chestnut (Aesculus chinensis) is an important medicinal tree that contains various
bioactive compounds, such as aescin, barrigenol-type triterpenoid saponins (BAT), and …

All extant core-eudicot plants share a common ancestral genome that has experienced
cyclic polyploidizations and (re) diploidizations. Reshuffling of the ancestral core-eudicot …

Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) are variably distributed across taxa, tissues, and
ecological contexts; this variability has inspired many theories about PSM function, which to …

Asiaticoside is a triterpenoid in Centella asiatica with wound healing and anti-inflammatory
activities. De novo production of asiaticoside remains incompletely resolved. To determine …

Plants are an excellent source of drug leads. However availability is limited by access to
source species, low abundance and recalcitrance to chemical synthesis. Although plant …