Plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are vital for human health and constitute the skeletal
framework of many pharmaceutical drugs. Indeed, more than 25% of the existing drugs …

Plants are sessile organisms that face environmental threats throughout their life cycle, but
increasing global warming poses an even more existential threat. Despite these unfavorable …

Background Amygdalin is known as a chemical compound derived from various fruits. The
glycosides existing in this plant have been historically utilized as an anticancer agent. This …

Cyanogenic glycosides are α-hydroxynitrile glucosides present in approximately 3000
different plant species. Upon tissue disruption, cyanogenic glycosides are hydrolyzed to …

Electrosynthesis has recently attracted more and more attention due to its great potential to
replace chemical oxidants or reductants in molecule‐electrode electron transfer. Sulfonyl …

Success of plants largely depends on their ability to defend against herbivores. Since
emergence of the first voracious consumers, plants maintained adapting their structures and …

Plant diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria and fungi are major threats to both wild plants
and crops. To counteract these threats, plants have evolved various defense mechanisms …

Plants and phytophagous arthropods have coevolved in a long battle for survival. Plants
respond to phytophagous feeders by producing a battery of antiherbivore chemical …

Cyanogenic glycosides in forage species and the possibility of cyanide (CN) poisoning can
have undesirable effects on ruminants. The literature estimates that unknown rumen …

Natural toxins include a wide range of toxic metabolites also occurring in food and products,
thus representing a risk for consumer health. In the last few decades, several robust and …