Plant terpene specialized metabolism: complex networks or simple linear pathways?

ER Lanier, TB Andersen, B Hamberger - The Plant Journal, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
From the perspectives of pathway evolution, discovery and engineering of plant specialized
metabolism, the nature of the biosynthetic routes represents a critical aspect. Classical …

Plant (di) terpenoid evolution: from pigments to hormones and beyond

Z Wang, DR Nelson, J Zhang, X Wan… - Natural product reports, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Covering: up to 2014–2022. Diterpenoid biosynthesis in plants builds on the necessary
production of (E, E, E)-geranylgeranyl diphosphate (GGPP) for photosynthetic pigment …

Natural products and their analogues acting against Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A recent update

G Kumar - Drug Development Research, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases caused by
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tb). It is responsible for significant causes of mortality and …

Biological Potential of Silver Nanoparticles Mediated by Leucophyllum frutescens and Russelia equisetiformis Extracts

AE Mohammed, WA Al-Megrin - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Awareness about environmental concerns is increasing, specially the pollution resulting
from nanoparticles (NPs) production, which has led to great interest in the usage of biogenic …

Orthogonal Reversed-Phase C18 and Pentafluorophenyl HPLC Separation for Phytochemical Profiling of Serrulatanes in Eremophila denticulata

Y Zhao, T Li, L Kjaerulff, H Venter… - Journal of Natural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Serrulatanes constitute a class of unique diterpenoids derived from all-Z nerylneryl
diphosphate rather than the conventional all-E diterpenoid precursor geranylgeranyl …

Characterization of Serrulatane Diterpenoids in Eremophila phyllopoda subsp. phyllopoda by Triple High-Resolution α-Glucosidase/PTP1B/Radical Scavenging …

C Liang, C Ndi, L Kjaerulff, S Semple… - Journal of Natural …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Extracts of Eremophila phyllopoda subsp. phyllopoda showed α-glucosidase and PTP1B
inhibitory activity with IC50 values of 19.6 and 13.6 μg/mL, respectively. High-resolution α …

Plant terpenoid biosynthetic network and its multiple layers of regulation

ME Bergman, RWJ Kortbeek, M Gutensohn… - Progress in Lipid …, 2024 - Elsevier
Terpenoids constitute one of the largest and most chemically diverse classes of primary and
secondary metabolites in nature with an exceptional breadth of functional roles in plants …

Engineering Nannochloropsis oceanica for the production of diterpenoid compounds

ZY Du, WW Bhat, E Poliner, S Johnson, C Bertucci… - Mlife, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photosynthetic microalgae like Nannochloropsis hold enormous potential as sustainable,
light‐driven biofactories for the production of high‐value natural products such as …

Leucophyllum frutescens mediated synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles for catalytic dye degradation

B Gami, K Bloch, SM Mohammed, S Karmakar… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The application of nanotechnology is gaining worldwide attention due to attractive physico-
chemical and opto-electronic properties of nanoparticles that can be also employed for …

Metabolic engineering of valuable compounds in photosynthetic organisms

ZY Du, WW Bhat, G Kai, I Khozin-Goldberg… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Photosynthetic organisms, including plants and algae, possess a remarkable ability to
harness carbon dioxide and solar energy, enabling them to produce a vast array of complex …