juniperus sabina l. is normally low shrub with procumbent or obliquely ascending branches, or rarely a small tree to about 4 m, monoecious or dioecious. juniperus sabina l. is a medicinal plant used in folk medicine as an abortive. its lignanes  have antineoplastic and antiviral activity, and also essential oil of juniperus sabina l. has shown antibacterial and antifungal activity. the aim of t...

Several herbal plants improve medical conditions. Such plants contain many bioactive phytochemicals. Terpenoids (also called "isoprenoids") constitute one of the largest families of natural products accounting for more than 40,000 individual compounds of both primary and secondary metabolisms. In particular, terpenoids are contained in many herbal plants, and several terpenoids have been shown ...

Pharmaceutical terpenoids belong to the most diverse class of natural products. They have significant curative effects on a variety of diseases, such as cancer, cardiovascular diseases, malaria and Alzheimer's disease. Nowadays, elicitors, including biotic and abiotic elicitors, are often used to activate the pathway of secondary metabolism and enhance the production of target terpenoids. Based...

Terpenoids (synonymous with isoprenoids or isopentenoids) are a diverse class of natural products that are derived biosynthetically from an intermediate with a simple five-carbon skeleton (isopentane); higher terpenoids are complex structures that possess minimally between 20 and 40 carbon atoms. Higher terpenoids evolved coincidentally with the evolution of life and play multiple functions in ...

Terpenoids (isoprenoids) encompass more than 40 000 structures and form the largest class of all known plant metabolites. Some terpenoids have well-characterized physiological functions that are common to most plant species. In addition, many of the structurally diverse plant terpenoids may function in taxonomically more discrete, specialized interactions with other organisms. Historically, spe...

Osmanthus fragrans Lour. is one of the top 10 traditional ornamental flowers in China famous for its unique fragrance. Preliminary study proved that the terpenoids including ionone, linalool, and ocimene and their derivatives are the dominant aroma-active compounds that contribute greatly to the scent bouquet. Pollination observation implies the emission of aromatic terpenoids may follow a circ...