Cutting-edge plant natural product pathway elucidation

J Han, EP Miller, S Li - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Highlights•Challenges in pathway discovery of plant natural products (PNPs).•Multiomics-
guided pathway prediction strategies and tools.•Biochemical characterization of putative …

Chemical Composition and Anti-Candida Activity of Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. Essential Oils Obtained by Different Distillation Processes

V Tadić, M Božović, F Sapienza, R Astolfi… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
A comparative study on essential oils extracted from Mentha suaveolens Ehrh. from Italy is
reported. Two extraction procedures were investigated: hydrodistillation and steam …

Functional iridoid synthases from iridoid producing and non-producing Nepeta species (subfam. Nepetoidae, fam. Lamiaceae)

N Aničić, D Matekalo, M Skorić, U Gašić… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Iridoids, a class of atypical monoterpenes, exhibit exceptional diversity within the Nepeta
genus (subfam. Nepetoidae, fam. Lamiaceae). The majority of these plants produce iridoids …

Development and application of a virus-induced gene silencing system for functional genomics in pecan (Carya illinoinensis)

Z Mo, Y Chen, M Zhai, K Zhu, J Xuan, L Hu - Scientia Horticulturae, 2023 - Elsevier
Pecan is a high-value nut tree that cultivated globally. Nowadays, in-depth studies of this
species are often hampered by lacking of efficient molecular genetic tools. To facilitate …

Short-term salicylic acid application induces the expression of GPPS and NEPS1 in catnip

KA Allen, EN Gomes, A Lockhart, Q Wu, R Di… - … and Experimental Plant …, 2024 - Springer
The catnip plant, Nepeta cataria L., produces bioactive iridoid monoterpenes known as
nepetalactones. These monoterpenes follow a noncanonical biosynthetic route starting as …

Unveiling the evolution of iridoid biosynthesis in the genus Nepeta: a mini review

N Aničić, D Mišić - Biologia Serbica, 2024 - radar.ibiss.bg.ac.rs
The genus Nepeta, belonging to the Lamiaceae family, encompasses a diverse group of
plants with significant biological activities attributed mainly to their iridoid compounds. This …

Bioprospecting in the Nepeta, Salvia, and Clinopodium Genera Under Controlled Growing Environments for Application in Natural Products and Cimex lectularius L …

MD Zorde - 2024 - search.proquest.com
The Nepeta genus is a diverse clade within the mint family (Lamiaceae) with a wide
geographic distribution and long history of ethnobotanical. Many of the traditional uses and …