Yerba Mate tea, an infusion made from the leaves of the tree Ilex paraguariensis, is a widely
consumed nonalcoholic beverage in South America which is gaining rapid introduction into …

Introduction Herbal medicines (HM) and their preparations have been widely used for
hundreds of years all over the world. However, they have not been officially recognised due …

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)-based metabolomics has many applications in plant
science. Metabolomics can be used in functional genomics and to differentiate plants from …

Traditional Chinese medicines (TCMs) are gaining more and more attention all over the
world, due to their specific theory and long historical clinical practice. But the uncontrollable …

Metabolomics is defined as both the qualitative and quantitative analysis of all metabolites in
an organism unraveling correlation with other OMICs data. Many of the technologies used in …

Natural products historically have been a rich source of lead molecules in drug discovery,
based on their capability to create unique and diverse chemical structures. However, it is …

The primary and secondary metabolites found in plant cells are the final recipients of
biological information flow. In turn, their levels can influence gene expression and protein …

Metabolic fingerprinting techniques have received a lot of attention in recent years and the
annual amount of publications in this field has increased significantly over the past decade …

The genus Ilex to which mate (Ilex paraguariensis) belongs, consists of more than 500
species. A wide range of metabolites including saponins and phenylpropanoids has been …

The infusion of yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) is the most popular tea-like
beverage of southern Latin American countries, and its health benefits such as stimulating …