Terpenoids are aromatic metabolites in plants. They can improve the adaptability of plants to
the environment. Some specialized terpenoids have immense value to people because of …

As the major contributors to the floral odors of tea products, terpenoid volatiles play critical
roles in the defense response of plants to multiple stresses. Until now, only a few TPS genes …

Aroma is an important factor affecting the character and quality of tea. The improvement of
aroma trait is a crucial research direction of tea plant breeding. Volatile terpenes, as the …

Hedychium coronarium, a perennial herb belonging to the family Zingiberaceae, is
cultivated as a garden plant or cut flower as well as for medicine and aromatic oil. Its flowers …

Terpenoids are the largest class of natural products with complex structures and extensive
bioactivities; their scaffolds are generated by diverse terpenoid synthases (TPSs) from a …

Isoprenoids are diverse compounds that have their biosynthetic origin in the initial
condensation of isopentenyl diphosphate and dimethylallyl diphosphate to form C10 prenyl …

The exquisite chemodiversity of terpenoids is the product of the large diverse terpene
synthase (TPS) superfamily. Here, by using structural and phylogenetic analyses and site …

Terpenoids have many biological functions and a comprehensive range of applications.
Here, we cloned two monoterpene synthase genes, Tc-αpin/teo and Tc-teo, from Taiwania …

The sandalwoods (Santalum L., Santalaceae) are a group of hemi-parasitic plants widely
distributed throughout Australia, India and the Pacific Islands (Fig. 1.1). Sandalwood is well …