Abiotic environmental stresses can alter plant metabolism, leading to inhibition or promotion
of secondary metabolites. Although the crucial roles of these compounds in plant …

Secondary metabolites (SMs) of medicinal plants are the material basis of their clinically
curative effects. They are also important indicators for evaluating the quality of medicinal …

Drought stress negatively affects crop performance and weakens global food security. It
triggers the activation of downstream pathways, mainly through phytohormones …

Plants encounter various abiotic stresses under field conditions. Among them, drought stress
adversely affects crop productivity and threatens global food security. Drought stress triggers …

Plants being sessile entities are often subjected to varied environmental stresses. They have
developed an alternative defense mechanism that involves a vast variety of secondary …

Metabolic regulation is the key mechanism implicated in plants maintaining cell osmotic
potential under drought stress. Understanding drought stress tolerance in plants will have a …

It is common perception that the content of secondary metabolites in pure lines of advanced
generations of pedigree selections or intra-and inter-specific crosses should be stable like …

Medicinal plants grown under semi-arid conditions reveal much higher concentrations of
relevant natural products than the equivalent plants, but cultivated in moderate climates …

Drought stress is generally considered as a negative factor in agriculture, being responsible
for severe yield losses. However, medicinal plants grown under semi-arid conditions usually …

Plant secondary metabolites (SMs) play crucial roles in plant‐environment interactions and
contribute greatly to human health. Global climate changes are expected to dramatically …