About this Research Topic
This Research Topic aims to collect selected contributions from “Plant Natural Products and Human Health” Session at the Annual Meeting of CSPB 2021, held in Kunming, China, on July 26th-29th 2021, and arranged by the Chinese Society for Plant Biology.
Plants, as sessile species, have evolved sophisticated structural and chemical mechanisms to deal with changing environmental conditions. Plants produce a variety of natural products that protect them from pests, diseases, UV-B damage, and other stresses. Terpenoids, phenylpropanoids, and alkaloids are the three major families of plant natural products. Over the last few decades, advances in sequencing technologies and genome editing have boosted our understanding of the biochemistry and genetics of plant natural product biosynthesis. Since natural plant products are a rich source of bioactive compounds for drug discovery, investigating the rational design of high-value products by metabolic engineering or plant breeding would benefit not only plant science but also human life.
This Research Topic aims to present knowledge and progress in plant natural products through CSPB 2021. Submissions arising from oral and/or poster presentations in this area are encouraged. But submissions are not exclusive to conference members. We welcome submissions of original research papers, reviews, and methods, including (but not limited to) research on the following sub-themes:
1. Synthesis and function of plant metabolites
2. Plant metabolomics and its applications
3. Biosynthesis and metabolic engineering of plant secondary metabolites
4. Structure and function of plant-derived peptides and toxic proteins
5. Secondary metabolites-mediated plants-microorganism interactions
Disclaimer: Studies that should be more related to nutraceutical characters instead of pharmaceutical function when bioactivities are concerned.
Plants, as sessile species, have evolved sophisticated structural and chemical mechanisms to deal with changing environmental conditions. Plants produce a variety of natural products that protect them from pests, diseases, UV-B damage, and other stresses. Terpenoids, phenylpropanoids, and alkaloids are the three major families of plant natural products. Over the last few decades, advances in sequencing technologies and genome editing have boosted our understanding of the biochemistry and genetics of plant natural product biosynthesis. Since natural plant products are a rich source of bioactive compounds for drug discovery, investigating the rational design of high-value products by metabolic engineering or plant breeding would benefit not only plant science but also human life.
This Research Topic aims to present knowledge and progress in plant natural products through CSPB 2021. Submissions arising from oral and/or poster presentations in this area are encouraged. But submissions are not exclusive to conference members. We welcome submissions of original research papers, reviews, and methods, including (but not limited to) research on the following sub-themes:
1. Synthesis and function of plant metabolites
2. Plant metabolomics and its applications
3. Biosynthesis and metabolic engineering of plant secondary metabolites
4. Structure and function of plant-derived peptides and toxic proteins
5. Secondary metabolites-mediated plants-microorganism interactions
Disclaimer: Studies that should be more related to nutraceutical characters instead of pharmaceutical function when bioactivities are concerned.
Keywords: Metabolism, Natural Product, bioactive compounds, metabolites, metabolomics
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