The diversity and complexity of secondary metabolites in tea plants contribute substantially
to the popularity of tea, by determining tea flavors and their numerous health benefits. The …

Plants represent a huge reservoir of natural products. A broad series of these compounds
now find application for human health. In this respect, the monoterpene indole alkaloids …

Monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs) are among the most diverse specialized metabolites
in plants and are of great pharmaceutical importance. We leveraged single-cell …

Plant membrane transporters controlling metabolite distribution contribute key agronomic
traits,,,,–. To eliminate anti-nutritional factors in edible parts of crops, the mutation of …

Key message This review summarizes the recent updates in the area of transporters of plant
secondary metabolites, including their applied aspects in metabolic engineering of …

Psychoactive natural products play an integral role in the modern world. The tremendous
structural complexity displayed by such molecules confers diverse biological activities of …

Catharanthus roseus is a medicinal plant well known for producing bioactive compounds
such as vinblastine and vincristine, which are classified as terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIA s) …

The nitrate and peptide transporter family (NPF) is one of the largest transporter families in
the plant kingdom. The name of the family reflects the substrates (nitrate and peptides) …

Plants produce an extraordinary array of natural products (specialized metabolites). Notably,
these structurally complex molecules are not evenly distributed throughout plant tissues but …

Secondary metabolites (SMs) play crucial roles in the vital functioning of plants such as
growth, development, defense, and survival via their transportation and accumulation at the …