Researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants of the genus Solanum and for the first time demonstrate the ecological role ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...