Biocatalysis has undergone revolutionary progress in the past century. Benefited by the
integration of multidisciplinary technologies, natural enzymatic reactions are constantly …

The interactions of plants with environment and insects are bi-directional and dynamic.
Consequently, a myriad of mechanisms has evolved to engage organisms in different types …

All known triterpenes are generated by triterpene synthases (TrTSs) from squalene or
oxidosqualene. This approach is fundamentally different from the biosynthesis of short-chain …

Propolis is a complex phytocompound made from resinous and balsamic material harvested
by bees from flowers, branches, pollen, and tree exudates. Humans have used propolis …

“Medicinal cannabis” is defined as the use of cannabis-based products for the treatment of
an illness. Investigations of cannabis compounds in psychiatric and neurological illnesses …

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 …

Covering: 2011–2022 The low amounts of terpenoids produced in plants and the difficulty in
synthesizing these complex structures have stimulated the production of terpenoid …

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 …

Chloranthales remain the last major mesangiosperm lineage without a nuclear genome
assembly. We therefore assemble a high-quality chromosome-level genome of Chloranthus …

Octocorals are major contributors of terpenoid chemical diversity in the ocean. Natural
products from other sessile marine animals are primarily biosynthesized by symbiotic …