Chromatin remodelling in plant light signalling
Physiol Plant. 2011 Aug;142(4):305-13. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3054.2011.01476.x. Epub 2011 Apr 29. ABSTRACT The structure and compaction of chromatin exerts a major regulatory influence on eukaryotic transcription....
Bioactive compounds from northern plants
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2010;698:99-109. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7347-4_8. ABSTRACT Northern conditions are characterised by long days with much light and low temperatures during the growing season....
Biological elicitors of plant secondary metabolites: mode of action and use in the production of nutraceutics
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2010;698:152-66. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7347-4_12. ABSTRACT Many secondary metabolites of interest for human health and nutrition are produced by plants when they are...
Combinatorial biosynthesis in plants: a (p)review on its potential and future exploitation
Nat Prod Rep. 2011 Nov;28(12):1897-916. doi: 10.1039/c1np00049g. Epub 2011 Sep 28. ABSTRACT Combinatorial biochemistry, also called combinatorial biosynthesis, comprises a series of methods that establish...
Medicinal halophytes: potent source of health promoting biomolecules with medical, nutraceutical and food applications
Crit Rev Biotechnol. 2012 Dec;32(4):289-326. doi: 10.3109/07388551.2011.630647. Epub 2011 Nov 30. ABSTRACT Salt-tolerant plants grow in a wide variety of saline habitats, from coastal regions,...
Photosynthesis, photorespiration, and light signalling in defence responses
J Exp Bot. 2012 Feb;63(4):1619-36. doi: 10.1093/jxb/err402. Epub 2012 Jan 25. ABSTRACT Visible light is the basic energetic driver of plant biomass production through photosynthesis....
UV-B photoreceptor-mediated signalling in plants
Trends Plant Sci. 2012 Apr;17(4):230-7. doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2012.01.007. Epub 2012 Feb 9. ABSTRACT Ultraviolet-B radiation (UV-B) is a key environmental signal that is specifically perceived by...
Plant defense against herbivores: chemical aspects
Annu Rev Plant Biol. 2012;63:431-50. doi: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042110-103854. Epub 2012 Feb 9. ABSTRACT Plants have evolved a plethora of different chemical defenses covering nearly all classes...
Analytical profiling of bioactive constituents from herbal products, using metabolomics–a review
Nat Prod Commun. 2012 Aug;7(8):1111-5. ABSTRACT Natural products have been the source of many active substances in drug discovery. There are several strategies/approaches in the...
Implications of light energy on food quality and packaging selection
Adv Food Nutr Res. 2012;67:25-73. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394598-3.00002-2. ABSTRACT Light energy in the ultraviolet and visible light regions plays a critical role in overall food quality,...
Plant phenolics: recent advances on their biosynthesis, genetics, and ecophysiology
Plant Physiol Biochem. 2013 Nov;72:1-20. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2013.05.009. Epub 2013 May 28. ABSTRACT Land-adapted plants appeared between about 480 and 360 million years ago in the...
Improvement of hairy root cultures and plants by changing biosynthetic pathways leading to pharmaceutical metabolites: strategies and applications
Biotechnol Adv. 2014 Nov 1;32(6):1168-79. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2014.03.007. Epub 2014 Mar 31. ABSTRACT A plethora of bioactive plant metabolites has been explored for pharmaceutical, food chemistry...
Adaptive changes in photosynthetic performance and secondary metabolites during white dead nettle micropropagation
J Plant Physiol. 2014 Sep 15;171(15):1344-53. doi: 10.1016/j.jplph.2014.05.010. Epub 2014 Jun 16. ABSTRACT The white dead nettle, Lamium album L., is an herb that has...
Evolution under the sun: optimizing light harvesting in photosynthesis
J Exp Bot. 2015 Jan;66(1):7-23. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru400. Epub 2014 Oct 21. ABSTRACT The emergence and evolution of life on our planet was possible because the...
Spontaneous symbiotic reprogramming of plant roots triggered by receptor-like kinases
Elife. 2014 Nov 25;3:e03891. doi: 10.7554/eLife.03891. ABSTRACT Symbiosis Receptor-like Kinase (SYMRK) is indispensable for the development of phosphate-acquiring arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) as well as nitrogen-fixing...