A research team has uncovered and rebuilt a previously elusive plant pathway that produces oxindole alkaloids—a rare and ...

Vitamin C is a key nutritional component in fruits, yet its concentration often changes dramatically as fruits develop.

The cancer drug paclitaxel has captured the imaginations of chemists for decades, in part because of its complex polycyclic core with an oxetane ring. Although scientists have synthesized the molecule ...

Plants rely on complex chemical defenses to survive attacks from pathogens, yet the genetic basis underlying the production ...

Carthamin's usage as dye dates back to ancient Egypt. But scientists only discovered its chemical structure in 2019. Now, a group of researchers has identified the genes required for the biosynthesis ...

Researchers discover enzyme prototype for formation of ecologically and pharmaceutically important tropone compounds. Microorganisms produce natural products, for example, as disease-causing virulence ...

Israel’s Institute of Soil Water & Environmental Sciences researchers investigated how magnesium (Mg) supply impacts cannabinoid and terpene b | Earth And The Environment ...