Ethylene is known to influence fruit physiology, but its specific role in regulating phenolic metabolism in grape seeds has ...

Centella asiatica, also known as gotu kola, is widely valued for its triterpenoid saponins, especially asiaticoside and ...

Prodiginines are a family of tripyrrole, red pigments which are attracting increasing interest because of their immunosuppressive and anticancer activities. Currently prodigiosin and a synthetic ...

Strawberry (Fragaria X ananassa) fruit contains several anthocyanins that give the ripe fruits their attractive red color. The enzyme that catalyzes the formation of the first stable intermediate in ...

It was to be shown whether during the biogenesis of microbodies some of their components were already present in the cell prior to the organelle's assembly. To this end, the occurrence and properties ...

For many years, scientists have attempted to use microbial hosts to produce chemicals via a process known as microbial biosynthesis. Recent advances in synthetic biology have bolstered this field of ...

Researchers have assembled the first telomere-to-telomere (T2T) gap-free genome of Platycodon grandiflorus, a traditional ...

Strigolactones are important regulators of plant growth, specifically of processes like branching and root growth, determining the overall shape of the plant. Now, in a paper appearing in Nature ...

Serotonin is an example of a monoamine neurotransmitter, a chemical messenger that is passed between nerve cells. This hormone is mainly found in the gastrointestinal tract, the platelets and the ...

As the Earth’s population grows and people are expected to live longer in the future, better and more reliable therapies to treat human diseases such as Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular diseases are ...

However, the metabolic origin of the precursor phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP), which fuels anthocyanin biosynthesis in petals, has remained unclear. This study identifies PhENO1 and PhPPT as the key gene ...