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Plant metabolomics in biotic and abiotic stress: a critical overview
Abiotic and biotic stresses affect plant physiology and growth. The development of metabolomics, along with other -omics technologies, allowed in depth analysis of the reactive processes characterizing plant s...
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Exploring Dittrichia viscosa (L.) Greuter phytochemical diversity to explain its antimicrobial, nematicidal and insecticidal activity
Dittrichia viscosa is a perennial small shrub belonging to the Compositae family (Asteraceae) widespread in the Mediterranean basin. This plant has been extensively used in traditional medicine since the Roman ti...
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Common dandelion: a review of its botanical, phytochemical and pharmacological profiles
Phytoalimurgy is a term that derives from Greek and Latin by combination of the words φυτόν, which meaning plant, and alimenta urgentia, indicating foods available in case of urgency and necessity. Nowadays, the ...
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Linking plant phytochemistry to soil processes and functions: the usefulness of 13C NMR spectroscopy
The organic matter cycle is one of the most fundamental processes in ecosystems affecting the soil and controlling its functions. The soil complex microbiome is made up of thousands of bacterial and hundreds o...
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New perspectives on the use of nucleic acids in pharmacological applications: inhibitory action of extracellular self-DNA in biological systems
The research for new products against pathogens, parasites and infesting species, in both agriculture and medicine, implies huge and increasing scientific, industrial and economic efforts. Traditional approach...
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Compounds from Allium species with cytotoxic and antimicrobial activity
Garlic (Allium sativum L.) is a bulb-shaped plant belonging to the Allium genus which also includes onions (Allium cepa L.), leek (Allium ampeloprasum L. var. porrum Gay), shallot (Allium ascalonicum L), scallion...
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What makes Allium species effective against pathogenic microbes?
The antimicrobial activity of garlic (Allium sativum L.) has been known since ancient times. The first citation dates back to the Egyptian period of fifteenth century BC when garlic was reported to be used in fol...