All organisms produce specialized organic molecules, ranging from small volatile chemicals
to large gene-encoded peptides, that have evolved to provide them with diverse cellular and …

Specialized plant terpenoids have found fortuitous uses in medicine due to their
evolutionary and biochemical selection for biological activity in animals. However, these …

Main conclusion Terpenoids play several physiological and ecological functions in plant life
through direct and indirect plant defenses and also in human society because of their …

Glandular trichomes are specialized hairs found on the surface of about 30% of all vascular
plants and are responsible for a significant portion of a plant's secondary chemistry …

Plant secondary metabolites are unique sources for pharmaceuticals, food additives, flavors,
and other industrial materials. Accumulation of such metabolites often occurs in plants …

Conifers have evolved complex oleoresin terpene defenses against herbivores and
pathogens. In co‐evolved bark beetles, conifer terpenes also serve chemo‐ecological …

The evolution of new genes to make novel secondary compounds in plants is an ongoing
process and might account for most of the differences in gene function among plant …

Only a small fraction of the immense diversity of plant metabolism has been explored for the
production of new medicines and other products important to human well-being. The …

New Approaches for Studying and Exploiting an Old Protuberance, the Plant Trichome - PMC
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Terpenoids (isoprenoids) encompass more than 40 000 structures and form the largest class
of all known plant metabolites. Some terpenoids have well‐characterized physiological …