Cancer is one of the primary causes of mortality globally, and the discovery of new
anticancer drugs is the most important need in recent times. Natural products have been …

Taxol (paclitaxel), the most well-known taxane diterpenoid, is the best-selling natural-source
anticancer drug ever produced and one of the most common prescriptions in the treatment of …

Societal Impact Statement Plants and fungi have provided, or inspired, key pharmaceuticals
for global health challenges, including cancer, heart disease, dementia, and malaria, and …

Plant in vitro cultures represent an attractive and cost-effective alternative to classical
approaches to plant secondary metabolite (PSM) production (the “Plant Cell Factory” …

Plant extracts and essential oils have a wide variety of molecules with potential application
in different fields such as medicine, the food industry, and cosmetics. Furthermore, these …

Herbal remedies were the first medicines used by humans due to the many
pharmacologically active secondary metabolites produced by plants. Some of these …

Natural products (NPs) are single chemical compounds, substances or mixtures produced
by a living organism-found in nature. Evolutionarily, NPs have been used as healing agents …

Plant cell factories constitute an alternative source of high added value phytochemicals such
as the anticancer drug taxol (generic name paclitaxel), biosynthesized in Taxus spp. The …

Plants, marine organisms, and microorganisms have evolved complex chemical defense
and signaling systems that are designed to protect them from predators and provide other …

The second‐generation taxane cabazitaxel has been clinically approved for the treatment of
metastatic castration‐resistant prostate cancer after docetaxel failure. Compared with the …