Phenylpropanoid biosynthesis in plants engenders a vast variety of aromatic metabolites
critically important for their growth, development, and environmental adaptation. Some of …

The lignin biosynthetic pathway has been studied for more than a century but has
undergone major revisions over the past decade. Significant progress has been made in …

Rosmarinic acid is an ester of caffeic acid and 3, 4-dihydroxyphenyllactic acid. It is
commonly found in species of the Boraginaceae and the subfamily Nepetoideae of the …

Plant cell walls are complex, dynamic cellular structures essential for plant growth,
development, physiology and adaptation. Plant Cell Walls provides an in depth and diverse …

Phenolic compounds are ubiquitous in plants which collectively synthesize several
thousand different chemical structures characterized by hydroxylated aromatic ring (s) …

Lignin, one of the most abundant terrestrial biopolymers, is indispensable for plant structure
and defense. With the availability of the full genome sequence, large collections of insertion …

Studies in populations of forest tree hybrids have shown a negative correlation of biomass
growth (usually measured as wood volume) and lignin content (Kirst et al., 2004; Novaes et …

The appearance of genetically modified organisms on the food market a few years ago, and
the demand for more precise and reliable techniques to detect foreign (transgenic or …

Rosmarinic acid and chlorogenic acid are caffeic acid esters widely found in the plant
kingdom and presumably accumulated as defense compounds. In a survey, more than 240 …

A comprehensive assessment of lignin configuration in transgenic and mutant plants is long
overdue. This review thus undertook the systematic analysis of trends manifested through …