Plants are natural experts in organic synthesis, being able to generate large numbers of
specific metabolites with widely varying structures that help them adapt to variable survival …

Many previous studies have estimated the carrying capacity and feasible planetary
boundaries for humankind. However, less attention has been given to how we will …

Rationale: Evidence suggests that the gut microbiome is involved in the development of
cardiovascular disease, with the host–microbe interaction regulating immune and metabolic …

Plant-derived natural products have long been considered a valuable source of lead
compounds for drug development. Natural extracts are usually composed of hundreds to …

Plant metabolites are important to world food security in terms of maintaining sustainable
yield and providing food with enriched phytonutrients. Here we report comprehensive …

Flavonoids are representative plant secondary products. In the model plant Arabidopsis
thaliana, at least 54 flavonoid molecules (35 flavonols, 11 anthocyanins and 8 …

The term metabolome was coined in 1998, by analogy to genome, transcriptome and
proteome. The first research papers using the terms metabolomics, metabonomics …

Large-scale untargeted lipidomics experiments involve the measurement of hundreds to
thousands of samples. Such data sets are usually acquired on one instrument over days or …

Deciphering the mechanism of malate accumulation in plants would contribute to a greater
understanding of plant chemistry, which has implications for improving flavor quality in crop …

Plants produce a variety of metabolites that have a critical role in growth and development.
Here we present a comprehensive study of maize metabolism, combining genetic …