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Secondary Metabolites in Plants [PDF]

Plants
Classically, plant metabolism has been divided into primary and secondary metabolism, although nowadays there is a broad interface between them that makes this classification increasingly difficult to uphold [...]
Javier Palazon, Miguel Angel Alcalde
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Synergism of Neem and Karanja Oils against Colorado Potato Beetle Larvae in Field Conditions

Agronomy, 2022
The increasing scarcity of active substances approved for use in plant protection is reflected in the growing effort to find suitable plant protection alternatives. Products based on plant oils could provide a promising environmentally friendly solution.
Kateřina Kovaříková, Petr Doležal, Ervín Hausvater, Martin Žabka, Roman Pavela   +4 more
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Sustainable Hues: Exploring the Molecular Palette of Biowaste Dyes through LC-MS Metabolomics

Molecules, 2021
Underutilized biowaste materials are investigated for their potential as sustainable textile colorants through an approach based on mass spectrometry, bioinformatics, and chemometrics.
Ralph John Emerson J. Molino, Klidel Fae B. Rellin, Ricky B. Nellas, Hiyas A. Junio   +3 more
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Derivatives of Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid Ambelline as Selective Inhibitors of Hepatic Stage of Plasmodium berghei Infection In Vitro

Pharmaceutics, 2023
The incidence rate of malaria and the ensuing mortality prompts the development of novel antimalarial drugs. In this work, the activity of twenty-eight Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (1–28) belonging to seven different structural types was assessed, as well as
Kateřina Hradiská Breiterová, Aneta Ritomská, Diana Fontinha, Jana Křoustková, Daniela Suchánková, Anna Hošťálková, Marcela Šafratová, Eliška Kohelová, Rozálie Peřinová, Rudolf Vrabec, Denise Francisco, Miguel Prudêncio, Lucie Cahlíková   +12 more
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Profiling soil microbial communities with next-generation sequencing: the influence of DNA kit selection and technician technical expertise [PDF]

PeerJ, 2017
Structure and diversity of microbial communities are an important research topic in biology, since microbes play essential roles in the ecology of various environments.
Taha Soliman, Sung-Yin Yang, Tomoko Yamazaki, Holger Jenke-Kodama   +3 more
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Kawal: A fermented food as a source of Bacillus strain producing antimicrobial peptides

Scientific African, 2023
: Kawal is a fermented food condiment obtained by spontaneous fermentation of Senna obtusifolia leaves. Fermentative microbiota's consists of microorganisms producing a diversity of bioactive molecules.
Blaise Waongo, Maude Pupin, Matthieu Duban, Gabrielle Chataigne, Oumarou Zongo, Hama Cisse, Aly Savadogo, Valérie Leclere   +7 more
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Secondary Metabolites and Their Applications

Applied Sciences, 2022
The identification of secondary metabolites present in both terrestrial and marine species continues to be a fundamental and privileged path for the emergence of new and fundamental natural products available on the market with very different ...
Eugenia Gallardo, Ana M. L. Seca
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Phytotoxic Secondary Metabolites from Fungi

Toxins, 2021
Fungal phytotoxic secondary metabolites are poisonous substances to plants produced by fungi through naturally occurring biochemical reactions. These metabolites exhibit a high level of diversity in their properties, such as structures, phytotoxic ...
Dan Xu, Mengyao Xue, Zhen Shen, Xiaowei Jia, Xuwen Hou, Daowan Lai, Ligang Zhou   +6 more
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Acaricidal properties of extracts of some medicinal and culinary plants against Tetranychus urticae Koch.

Plant Protection Science, 2016
The acaricidal activity of aqueous extracts obtained from 28 plant species was tested against Tetranychus urticae. The extract efficacy on the incidence of individual development stages of T.
Roman Pavela
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Effectiveness of environmentally safe food additives and food supplements in an in vitro growth inhibition of significant Fusarium, Aspergillus and Penicillium species

Plant Protection Science, 2018
We tested 38 legislatively recognised substances such as food additives and supplements for antifungal efficacy, with the aim of providing an alternative to synthetic conventional fungicides.
Martin Žabka, Roman Pavela
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