Synthesis and Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles from <i>Rhizophora apiculata</i> and Studies on Their Wound Healing, Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Cytotoxic Activity by Saeed Ali Alsareii, Abdulrahman Manaa Alamri, Mansour Yousef AlAsmari, Mohammed A. Bawahab, Mater H. Mahnashi, Ibrahim Ahmed Shaikh, Arun K. Shettar, Joy H. Hoskeri, Vijay Kumbar

“…The present study aimed at screening <i>Rhizophora apiculata</i> secondary metabolites, quantifying their flavonoids and total phenolics content, green synthesis and characterization of <i>R. apiculata</i> silver nanoparticles. …”
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Enhancing the Expression of the <i>OsF3H</i> Gene in <i>Oryza sativa</i> Leads to the Regulation of Multiple Biosynthetic Pathways and Transcriptomic Changes That Influence Insect... by Rahmatullah Jan, Sajjad Asaf, Lubna, Saleem Asif, Eun-Gyeong Kim, Yoon-Hee Jang, Nari Kim, Ahmed Al-Harrasi, Gang-Seob Lee, Kyung-Min Kim

“…This suggests that overexpression of the <i>OxF3H</i> gene leads to multiple transcriptomic changes and impacts plant hormones and pathogenic-related and secondary-metabolites-related genes, enhancing the plant’s resistance to WBPH infestation.…”
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Genome-Wide Gene Expression Analyses of the AtfA/AtfB-Mediated Menadione Stress Response in <i>Aspergillus nidulans</i> by Beatrix Kocsis, Mi-Kyung Lee, Károly Antal, Jae-Hyuk Yu, István Pócsi, Éva Leiter, Tamás Emri

“…Levels of transcripts of certain secondary metabolitic gene clusters, such as the Emericellamide cluster, also showed AtfA-dependent regulation. …”
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Combined Analysis of BSA-Seq Based Mapping, RNA-Seq, and Metabolomic Unraveled Candidate Genes Associated with Panicle Grain Number in Rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L.) by Yafei Ma, Enerand Mackon, Guibeline Charlie Jeazet Dongho Epse Mackon, Yitong Zhao, Qiufeng Li, Xianggui Dai, Yuhang Yao, Xiuzhong Xia, Baoxuan Nong, Piqing Liu

“…A KEGG enrichment analysis of these 31 DEGs and 71 differentially enriched metabolites (DEMs) showed two genes, <i>Os12g0102100</i> and <i>Os01g0580500</i>, significantly enriched in the metabolic pathways’ biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, cysteine and methionine metabolism, and fatty acid biosynthesis. …”
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Antibacterial, Antioxidant Activities, GC-Mass Characterization, and Cyto/Genotoxicity Effect of Green Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles Using Latex of <i>Cynanchum acutum</i> L by Magda I. Soliman, Nada S. Mohammed, Ghada EL-Sherbeny, Fatmah Ahmed Safhi, Salha Mesfer ALshamrani, Amal A. Alyamani, Badr Alharthi, Safa H. Qahl, Najla Amin T. Al Kashgry, Sawsan Abd-Ellatif, Amira A. Ibrahim

“…For phytochemical analysis, the highest levels of secondary metabolites from phenolic content, flavonoids, tannins, and alkaloids, were found in Cy-AgNPs (25 mg/L). …”
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Insecticidal Activity of Tannins from Selected Brown Macroalgae against the Cotton Leafhopper <i>Amrasca devastans</i> by Ganeshan Petchidurai, Kitherian Sahayaraj, Laila A. Al-Shuraym, Bader Z. Albogami, Samy M. Sayed

“…Seaweeds, also known as marine macroalgae, are renewable biological resources that are found worldwide and possess a wide variety of secondary metabolites, including tannins. Drifted brown seaweed (DBSW) is particularly rich in tannins and is regarded as biological trash. …”
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Polyphenolic HRMS Characterization, Contents and Antioxidant Activity of <i>Curcuma longa</i> Rhizomes from Costa Rica by María Isabel Quirós-Fallas, Felipe Vargas-Huertas, Silvia Quesada-Mora, Gabriela Azofeifa-Cordero, Krissia Wilhelm-Romero, Felipe Vásquez-Castro, Diego Alvarado-Corella, Andrés Sánchez-Kopper, Mirtha Navarro-Hoyos

“…<i>Curcuma longa</i> constitutes an important source of secondary metabolites that have been associated with multiple health benefits. …”
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Characterization and anti-inflammatory effect of selenium-enriched probiotic Bacillus amyloliquefaciens C-1, a potential postbiotics by Jin Liu, Lu Shi, Xinxin Ma, Sijin Jiang, Xinyao Hou, Pu Li, Yue Cheng, Jia Lv, Shaoru Li, Tianyou Ma, Bei Han

“…With the strong stress resistance and abundant secondary metabolites, C-1 showed potential to be developed as selenium-enriched postbiotics. …”
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Antibacterial and antifungal activities of crude plant extracts from Colombian biodiversity by Jaime Niño, Oscar M. Mosquera, Yaned M Correa

“…The antimicrobial activity of the different plant extracts examined in this work could be related to the secondary metabolites contents and their interaction and susceptibility of pathogenic microorganism evaluated.…”
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Strong and Selective Inhibitory Effects of the Biflavonoid Selamariscina A against CYP2C8 and CYP2C9 Enzyme Activities in Human Liver Microsomes by So-Young Park, Phi-Hung Nguyen, Gahyun Kim, Su-Nyeong Jang, Ga-Hyun Lee, Nguyen Minh Phuc, Zhexue Wu, Kwang-Hyeon Liu

“…Like flavonoids, biflavonoids, dimeric flavonoids, and polyphenolic plant secondary metabolites have antioxidant, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer properties. …”
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Abscisic Acid Affects Phenolic Acid Content to Increase Tolerance to UV-B Stress in <i>Rhododendron chrysanthum</i> Pall. by Xiangru Zhou, Fushuai Gong, Jiawei Dong, Xiaoru Lin, Kun Cao, Hongwei Xu, Xiaofu Zhou

“…We combined transcriptomics and metabolomics data to map the metabolic regulatory network of phenolic acids under UV-B stress in order to investigate the response of such secondary metabolites to stress. L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine and phenylpyruvic acid contents in <i>R. chrysanthum</i> were significantly increased after UV-B radiation. …”
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Improvement of Functional, Morphological, and Physiological Traits of Camelina (Camelina sativa) Using Iron Nanoparticle and Putrescine Sprying by N Rezaiean, M Gerami, H. R Ghorbani, P Majidian

“…Stimulants are compounds that initiate signals for cells to increase or decrease the production of secondary metabolites and plant defense response. Stimulants such as Putrescine play a role in regulating various plant physiological processes. …”
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Identification and analysis of CYP450 genes from transcriptome of Lonicera japonica and expression analysis of chlorogenic acid biosynthesis related CYP450s by Xiwu Qi, Xu Yu, Daohua Xu, Hailing Fang, Ke Dong, Weilin Li, Chengyuan Liang

“…The pharmacological activities of L. japonica are mainly due to its rich natural active ingredients, most of which are secondary metabolites. CYP450s are a large, complex, and widespread superfamily of proteins that participate in many endogenous and exogenous metabolic reactions, especially secondary metabolism. …”
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Endophytic Fungal Consortia Enhance Basal Drought-Tolerance in <i>Moringa oleifera</i> by Upregulating the Antioxidant Enzyme <i>(APX)</i> through <i>Heat Shock Factors</i> by Javeria Javed, Mamoona Rauf, Muhammad Arif, Muhammad Hamayun, Humaira Gul, Aziz Ud-Din, Jalal Ud-Din, Mohammad Sohail, Muhammad Mizanur Rahman, In-Jung Lee

“…Under drought stress, the combined inoculation of endophytic strain <i>Microdochium majus</i> (WA), <i>Meyerozyma guilliermondi</i> (TG), and <i>Aspergillus aculeatus</i> (TL3) exhibited a significant improvement in growth attributes such as shoot fresh weight (1.71-fold), shoot length (0.86-fold), root length (0.65-fold), dry weight (2.18-fold), total chlorophyll (0.46-fold), and carotenoids (0.87-fold) in comparison to control (8% PEG). Primary and secondary metabolites were also increased in <i>M. oleifera</i> inoculated with endophytic consortia, under drought stress, such as proteins (1.3-fold), sugars (0.58-fold), lipids (0.41-fold), phenols (0.36-fold), flavonoids (0.52-fold), proline (0.6-fold), indole acetic acid (IAA) (4.5-fold), gibberellic acid (GA) (0.7-fold), salicylic acid (SA) (0.8-fold), ascorbic acid (ASA) (1.85-fold), while abscisic acid (ABA) level was decreased (−0.61-fold) in comparison to the control (8% PEG). …”
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Physiological and Molecular Characteristics of Southern Leaf Blight Resistance in Sweet Corn Inbred Lines by Caiyun Xiong, Haiwei Mo, Jingsheng Fan, Wenchuang Ren, Hu Pei, Yahui Zhang, Ziwei Ma, Wenyi Wang, Jun Huang

“…A functional analysis of the DEGs revealed that five pathways—i.e., photosynthesis, plant hormone signal transduction, MAPK signaling pathway, phenylpropanoid biosynthesis, and biosynthesis of secondary metabolites—and transcription factor families play crucial roles in disease resistance. …”
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Efeito do óleo essencial de Eucalyptus grandis no crescimento de isolados de fungos ectomicorrízicos em diferentes concentrações de cobre, zinco e níquel Essential oil of Eucalyptu... by Ricardo Bemfica Steffen, Zaida Inês Antoniolli, Gerusa Pauli Kist Steffen, Rodrigo Josemar Seminoti Jacques, Daniel Pazzini Echkardt, Marcos Leandro dos Santos, Natielo Almeida Santana

“…&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;doi: 10.4336/2011.pfb.31.67.227&lt;/p&gt;<br>&lt;p&gt;The bioactive secondary metabolites of some plants are capable of stimulating the growth of ectomycorrhizal fungi. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Profiling of Cytochrome P450 Monooxygenase Superfamily in Foxtail Millet by Xiaorui Li, Linlin Wang, Weidong Li, Xin Zhang, Yujia Zhang, Shuqi Dong, Xi’e Song, Juan Zhao, Mingxun Chen, Xiangyang Yuan

“…The cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP450) are the largest enzyme family in plant metabolism and widely involved in the biosynthesis of primary and secondary metabolites. Foxtail millet (<i>Setaria italica</i> (L.) …”
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Phytochemical Investigation, Antiulcer, Cyclooxygenase-2, and 15-Lipoxygenase Inhibitory Activities of <i>Echinops erinaceus</i> Kit Tan by Sherouk Hussein Sweilam, Fatma M. Abdel Bar, Ahmed I. Foudah, Mohammed H. Alqarni, Omayma D. El-Gindi, Moshera M. El-Sherei, Essam Abdel-Sattar

“…Plants of the genus <i>Echinop</i> (Asteraceae) are traditional medicinal plants used to treat several GIT ailments, owing to their diverse bioactive secondary metabolites, including sesquiterpenoids, triterpenoids, phytosterols, phenolics, flavonoids, alkaloids, and essential oils. …”
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Dual Transcriptome Analysis Reveals That <i>ChATG8</i> Is Required for Fungal Development, Melanization and Pathogenicity during the Interaction between <i>Colletotrichum higginsia... by Yiming Zhu, Lingtao Duan, Chengqi Zhu, Li Wang, Zhenrui He, Mei Yang, Erxun Zhou

“…GO and KEGG analyses found that the DEGs were mainly involved in fungal development, biosynthesis of secondary metabolites, plant–fungal interactions, and phytohormone signaling. …”
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OFFICIAL CONTROLS OF FOODSTUFFS – CONTAMINATION OF CEREALS BY MYCOTOXINS OF THE GENUS FUSARIUM AND OCHRATOXIN A. by Magdaléna Lacko-Bartošová, Jozef Bíreš, Mária Matúšová, Jaroslav Remža

“…<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">One of the most dangerous food contaminants are mycotoxins - secondary metabolites of toxinogenic fibre fungi considered the main plant pathogens. …”
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