Plant-derived natural products are a specific class of active substances with numerous
applications in the medical, energy, and industrial fields. Many of these substances are in …

Introduction Agarwood, the dark-brown resin produced by Aquilaria trees, has been widely
used as incense, spice, perfume or traditional medicine and 2-(2-phenethyl) chromones …

The surface coatings of cereal plants are dominated by waxy β-diketones crucial for drought
resistance and, therefore, grain yield. Here, barley (Hordeum vulgare) wax analyses reveal …

Agarwood has been valued as an exquisite, high-grade fragrant wood since ancient times.
Due to the scarcity of high-quality agarwood, it is quite expensive, and the number of original …

Agarwood is a dark resinous wood, produced when Aquilaria tree responds to wounding
and microbial infection resulting in the accumulation of fragrant metabolites …

Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) is a widely used medicinal plant of the Caprifoliaceae
family that produces chlorogenic acid. Research on this plant mainly focuses on its …

NAC is a class of plant-specific transcription factors that are widely involved in the growth,
development and (a) biotic stress response of plants. However, their molecular evolution …

Continuous innovation in artificially-induced agarwood technology is increasing the amount
of agarwood and substantially alleviating shortages. Agarwood is widely utilized in perfumes …

Plants usually produce defence metabolites in non-active forms to minimize the risk of harm
to themselves and spatiotemporally activate these defence metabolites upon pathogen …

Trees in the genus Aquilaria produce agarwood, a valuable resin used in medicine,
perfumes, and incense. 2-(2-Phenethyl) chromones (PECs) are characteristic components of …