Astragalus membranaceus Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao (A. mongholicus, family Leguminosae) is one of the most important traditional Chinese herbs because it contains lots of bioactive metabolites, which have beneficial and pharmacological effects on health. Simultaneously, it has been proved to be a salt-tolerant plant-one of the potential species to control the soil salinization. Therefor...

Eugenia singampattiana is an endangered medicinal plant used by the Kani tribals of South India. The plant had been studied for its antioxidant, antitumor, antihyperlipidemic, and antidiabetic activity. But its primary and secondary metabolites profile and its antiviral properties were unknown, and so this study sought to identify this aspect in Eugenia singampattiana plant through different ex...

Plant specialized metabolites (PSMs) are considerably diverse compounds with multifaceted roles in the adaptation of plants to various abiotic and biotic stresses. PSMs frequently secreted into rhizosphere, a small region around roots, where they facilitate interactions between soil microorganisms. shape host-specific rhizosphere microbial communities that potentially influence plant growth tol...

The plant secondary metabolites (PSMs) are novel sources for the development of pharmaceuticals, food additives, and other industrial products. Plants a ubiquitous source potential medicinal compounds. In recent years, commercial value these has sparked lot interest in their production finding ways to improve it using tissue culture technologies. Secondary currently focus research, but extracti...

Since Darwin’s suggestion that natural selection accounts for the diversity of plant morphological and chemical attributes, thousands of papers have been devoted to the ecology and evolution of plant secondary metabolites. Indeed, it is estimated that plants may produce over 200, 000 different compounds, the majority of which are classified as secondary metabolites (Pichersky and Gang 2000). Th...

Mankind has been exploiting plant chemicals in the form of potions and poisons for thousands of years. The attitude toward the physiological significance of this plethora of small molecules is reflected in the terminology that was assigned to them: secondary metabolites. Less flattering terms were also assigned: waste products, metabolic leftovers, and excrement. Two schools of thought concerni...