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New Trends from Plant Secondary Metabolism in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Plants constitute nowadays an important source for the discovery of new products of medicinal value for drug development, food additives, and...
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Plant Cells: Secondary Metabolite Heterogeneity and Its Manipulation
This chapter proposes the concept of rational manipulation of secondary metabolite heterogeneity in plant cell cultures. The heterogeneity of...
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Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolism of Fungi
Fungi, eukaryotic organisms with a kingdom of their own, include microorganisms from moulds and yeasts to the most known and appreciated mushrooms....
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Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolism in Plants
Through secondary or specialised metabolites plants adapt to their environment. A myriad of different compounds plays a significant role in the...
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Volatile communication in Actinobacteria: a language for secondary metabolism regulation
BackgroundVolatile compounds are key elements in the interaction and communication between organisms at both interspecific and intraspecific levels....
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Antibacterial and Antifungal Potential of Plant Secondary Metabolites
In the past decades, finding new antimicrobials has become one of the most important issues of modern society. Increasing and uncontrolled...
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Plant Secondary Metabolites for Defense Against Herbivores
In the era of sustainable development, the current focus is on the development of the new tools to control the pest infestation on different crops...
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Natural Secondary Metabolites From Nature, Through Science, to Industry
This book focuses on the different compounds (polyphenols, sterols, alkaloids terpenes) that arise from the secondary metabolism of plants and fungi...
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Importance of Plant Secondary Metabolites in Modern Therapy
Since ancient time immemorial, plants have been omnipresent in therapy. Many records of ancient civilizations have chronicled the use of plants and...
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Applications of Plant Secondary Metabolites in the Food Industry
The Plant kingdom is abundant with numerous secondary metabolites, which despite not being essential for plant growth and development, they exert...
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New Trends from Fungi Secondary Metabolism in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Fungi are eukaryotic organisms that can produce a wide range of secondary metabolites with a significant impact on society. Some metabolites are...
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History of Secondary Metabolites: From Ancient Myths to Modern Scientific Validation
The study of primary plant metabolism has been the main focus of scientists for several years, seconding research related to the secondary...
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Blended-protein changes body weight gain and intestinal tissue morphology in rats by regulating arachidonic acid metabolism and secondary bile acid biosynthesis induced by gut microbiota
PurposeThe impact of dietary nutrients on body growth performance and the composition of gut microbes and metabolites is well-established. In this...
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Influence of Genetics on the Secondary Metabolism of Fungi
Since the discovery of penicillin in 1928, one of the most famous bioactive molecules that changed the world, studies pertaining to secondary...
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Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs) in Plant Regeneration, Growth, and Secondary Metabolite Accumulation
Light is the key factor influencing plant growth. Plants react to light mainly via photosynthetic, photomorphogenic, and phototropic responses. In...
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Plant Secondary Metabolites as a Source of New Drugs
An increasing number of new pathogens, the emergence of multidrug drug-resistant (MDR) and extremely drug-resistant (XDR) bacterial and fungal...
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Secondary Metabolites Identification Techniques of the Current Era
Plants possess a vast spectrum of specialized metabolites with various chemical structures and biological functions responsible for plant fitness,...
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Multi-omics analyses revealed key factors involved in fluorescent carbon-dots-regulated secondary metabolism in Tetrastigma hemsleyanum
BackgroundLuminescent nanomaterials (LNMs), especially newly-exploited fluorescent carbon-dots (CDs), have demonstrated promising candidates for...
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Metabolomics in Fundamental Plant Research
This chapter overviews the latest developments in plant metabolomics, explicitly focusing on novel gene identifications, plant species...
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Secondary Metabolites: Treasure Trove for Future Medicine
Secondary metabolites are organic substances produced by various living organisms (e.g., bacteria, fungi, plants, animals) that do not have any...