There is growing recognition that many phenolic secondary metabolites present in foodstuffs
may possibly exert beneficial effects on human health. This may to some degree be …

Lignin deposition in plant cell walls is one of the mechanisms which allowed the
development of upright plants adapted to a terrestrial habitat. At the present time, lignins and …

Transgenic alfalfa plants were generated harboring caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase
(COMT) and caffeoyl CoA 3-O-methyltransferase (CCOMT) cDNA sequences under control …

2008 NOMINEE The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries Annual Award for a
Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature From medicinal, industrial, and …

Land plants are completely dependent on a passive system of water transport for their
survival. The great bulk of the xylem tissue is non-living and consequently has no short term …

Two solvent systems for fully dissolving, and optionally derivatizing, finely ground plant cell
wall material at room temperature are described: dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) and …

Few regulators of phenylpropanoids have been identified in monocots having potential as
biofuel crops. Here we demonstrate the role of the maize (Zea mays) R2R3‐MYB factor …

We analyzed lignin content and composition in transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
lines altered in the expression of the early phenylpropanoid biosynthetic enzymes L …

Taking advantage of the recent characterization of the cDNA encoding cinnamoyl-CoA
reductase (CCR, EC 1.2. 1.44) in: Eucalyptus gunnii, antisense constructs have been …

The phenylpropanoid enzyme 4-coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) is considered
necessary to activate the hydroxycinnamic acids for the biosynthesis of the coniferyl and …