Saponins are widely distributed plant natural products with vast structural and functional
diversity. They are typically composed of a hydrophobic aglycone, which is extensively …

The triterpenes are one of the most numerous and diverse groups of plant natural products.
They are complex molecules that are, for the most part, beyond the reach of chemical …

The terpenoids constitute the largest class of natural products and many interesting products
are extensively applied in the industrial sector as flavors, fragrances, spices and are also …

This study analyzed the content of eight triterpenes (oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, arjunolic
acid, asiatic acid, boswellic acid, corosolic acid, madecassic acid, and maslinic acid) in ten …

Cuticles are plant structures, composed mostly by lipidic layers, synthesized by nonwoody
aerial plant organs and deposited on the surface of outer epidermal cell walls. Although its …

Plants supply both food and medicinal compounds, which are ascribed to diverse
metabolites produced by plants. However, studies on domestication‐driven changes in the …

Triterpenoids are one of the largest groups of secondary metabolites and exhibit diverse
structures, which are derived from C30 skeletons that are biosynthesized via the isoprenoid …

We evaluated the potential of apple to reduce inflammation. Phenolic compounds and
triterpenes were analyzed in 109 apple cultivars. Total phenolics ranged from 29 to 7882 μg …

Abstract Chaenomeles speciosa (2 n= 34), a medicinal and edible plant in the Rosaceae, is
commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. To date, the lack of genomic sequence and …

Catharanthus roseus is an important medicinal plant and the sole commercial source of
monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIA), anticancer compounds. Recently, triterpenoids like …