Anthocyanins are essential plant pigments that determine fruit coloration and contribute to stress protection and human ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Together with the organizing committee and the Royal Society of Chemistry, I would like to extend a warm invitation to join us in Birmingham in July 2024 for the next edition of the Directing ...