Over 8000 different flavonoids have been described and a considerable number of new
flavonoid structures are being elucidated every year. The advent of metabolomics alongside …

Buckwheat is a gluten-free crop under the family Polygonaceae abundant with beneficial
phytochemicals that provide significant health benefits. It is cultivated and adapted in diverse …

Anthocyanins and proanthocyanidins are among the most numerous and widely distributed
pigments in land plants. Given that these pigments are the valuable compounds, as stress …

Flavonoids are polyphenolic phytochemicals produced in fruits, nuts and vegetables and
dietary consumption of these structurally diverse compounds is associated with multiple …

Insect pests represent a major global challenge to important agricultural crops. Insecticides
are often applied to combat such pests, but their use has caused additional challenges such …

Introduction Metabolomics has become a crucial part of systems biology; however, data
analysis is still often undertaken in a reductionist way focusing on changes in individual …

Plants produce a huge diversity of specialized metabolites (SM) throughout their life cycle
that play important physiological and ecological functions. SM can protect plants and seeds …

Fungal infection of grasses, including rice (Oryza sativa), sorghum (Sorghum bicolor), and
barley (Hordeum vulgare), induces the formation and accumulation of flavonoid …

Omics approaches for investigating biological systems were introduced in the mid-1990s
and quickly consolidated to become a fundamental pillar of modern biology. The idea of …

Xanthones are a class of secondary metabolites produced by plant organisms. They are
characterized by a wide structural variety and numerous biological activities that make them …