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Enhancing the aervine and methylaervine production in in vitro cultures of Aerva javanica (Burm. F.) Schult via elicitors and Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated hairy root cultures
An understanding of plant secondary metabolites may prove to be important for novel drug development. The objective of this investigation was to...
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Terpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis in Catharanthus roseus: effects and prospects of environmental factors in metabolic engineering
AbstractPlants synthesize a vast array of specialized metabolites that primarily contribute to their defense and survival under adverse conditions....
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Other Alkaloids That Have Been Isolated, or Allegedly So, from the Calabar Bean
The presence of this, as a second alkaloid, in the Calabar bean, was indicated in 1876 although the substance was of a very indefinite character and...
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Microbial Production of Reticuline
Among the secondary metabolites produced by plants, alkaloids such as morphine have high bioactivity, and they are used as raw materials for...
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Genetic attenuation of alkaloids and nicotine content in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
Main conclusionThe role of six alkaloid biosynthesis genes in the process of nicotine accumulation in tobacco was investigated. Downregulation of...
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Potential impact of red-blue LED light on callus growth, cell viability, and secondary metabolism of Hyoscyamus reticulatus
LED (light-emitting diode) light is an economical and effective light source for inducing plant growth and development. The impact of different LED...
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Metabonomics Reveals the Mechanism of Trehalose Protecting Catharanthus roseus Against Low-Temperature
Vinblastine and catharanthine, mainly derived from Catharanthus roseus, are highly effective anticancer agents. With the increasing demand for Catharan...
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A Life in Fragments: The Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation of the Recently Described Parecis Plateau Titi Monkey (Plecturocebus parecis)
While some South American primates are well-studied, many are poorly known to science. This makes reports of their ecology very valuable, especially...
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Accumulation of salicylic acid-elicited alkaloid compounds in in vitro cultured Pinellia ternata microtubers and expression profiling of genes associated with benzoic acid-derived alkaloid biosynthesis
The alkaloid compounds found in Pinellia ternata tubers have major bioactive components, and thus, these plant products are one of the most widely...
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Favorable Impacts of Drought Stress on the Quality of Medicinal Plants: Improvement of Composition and Content of Their Natural Products
This review deals with the well-known phenomenon that spice and medicinal plants grown under semi-arid conditions generally reveal significantly...
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Epichloë fungal endophyte interactions in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.) modified to accumulate foliar lipids for increased energy density
BackgroundCommercial cultivars of perennial ryegrass infected with selected Epichloë fungal endophytes are highly desirable in certain pastures as...
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Comparative Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Putative Genes Responsible for High Theacrine Content in Kucha (Camellia kucha (Chang et Wang) Chang)
The purine alkaloid theacrine, synthesized in a high amount in Kucha ( Camellia kucha (Chang et Wang) Chang), has shown multiple pharmacological...
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Cold-stress induced metabolomic and transcriptomic changes in leaves of three mango varieties with different cold tolerance
BackgroundMango ( Mangifera indica L.) is grown in Hainan, Guangdong, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Fujian provinces and Guanxi autonomous region of China....
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The Effects of Callus Elicitation on Lepidine, Phenolic Content, and Antioxidant Activity of Lepidium sativum L.: Chitosan and Gibberellic Acid
Lepidium sativum L. is an annual herb with various medicinal and industrial applications. In addition, the elicitation process is considered as a...
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Food to Medicine: The Impact of Soil and Climatic Factors on the Phytochemical Property of Anahaw (Saribus rotundifolius (Lam.) Blume Shoot
Saribus rotundifolius (Lam) Blume has been an important support for humans as food, folkloric uses, material for house construction, and fish pens....
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Editing of A622 genes results in ultra-low nicotine whole tobacco plants at the expense of dramatically reduced growth and development
Due to potential regulations that could affect nicotine levels in some tobacco products, there is interest in using genetic modification to reduce...
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Biotechnological approaches for the production of camptothecin
AbstractCamptothecin (CPT), an indole alkaloid popular for its anticancer property, is considered the third most promising drug after taxol and...
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Comparison of metabolites between brown rice and germinated brown rice in a Korean weedy rice germplasm
Weedy rice is a semi-wild species that has survived for a very long time in rice fields, so its seeds could contain more functional substances than...
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Genome and transcriptome of Papaver somniferum Chinese landrace CHM indicates that massive genome expansion contributes to high benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis
Opium poppy ( Papaver somniferum ) is a source of morphine, codeine, and semisynthetic derivatives, including oxycodone and naltrexone. Here, we report...
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DhuFAP: a platform for gene functional analysis in Dendrobium huoshanense
BackgroundDendrobium huoshanense , a traditional medicinal and food plant, has a rich history of use. Recently, its genome was decoded, offering...
