During their evolution, plants have acquired the ability to produce a huge variety of
compounds. Unlike the specialized metabolites that accumulate in limited numbers of …

The functions of phenylpropanoid compounds in plant defence range from preformed or
inducible physical and chemical barriers against infection to signal molecules involved in …

Reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF) of lignocellulosic biomass is a promising lignin-first
biorefinery strategy that yields nearly theoretical amounts of phenolic monomers by …

Liquid reductive processing of birch wood in the presence of commercial Ru/C or Pd/C
catalysts yields about 50% of a select set of phenolic monomers and a variety of phenolic di …

Proanthocyanidins are oligomeric and polymeric end products of the flavonoid biosynthetic
pathway. They are present in the fruits, bark, leaves and seeds of many plants, where they …

As a major component of plant specialized metabolism, phenylpropanoid biosynthetic
pathways provide anthocyanins for pigmentation, flavonoids such as flavones for protection …

Over the past four decades, there has been immense progress in every area of lignin
science, ranging from the enzymology of lignin biodegradation, to the delignification of wood …

Phenylpropanoids can function as preformed and inducible antimicrobial compounds, as
well as signal molecules, in plant–microbe interactions. Since we last reviewed the field 8 …

▪ Abstract Collectively, plants contain several different families of natural products among
which are compounds with weak estrogenic or antiestrogenic activity toward mammals …

Plants that contain high concentrations of the defense compounds of the phenylpropene
class (eugenol, chavicol, and their derivatives) have been recognized since antiquity as …