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Our new spotlight published in Trends in Plant Science, on a report by Li et al on single-cell multi-omics approach used to elucidate the architecture and regulation of anticancer alkaloid biosynthesis in medicinal plants.

In this highlight published in ChemBioChem, we discuss how tropane alkaloid biosynthesis evolved via the recruitment of two distinct and convergent pathways in Erythroxylaceae and Solanaceae.

In this study published in Phytochemistry, we explore how matrix assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) and desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) can be used in the investigation of a proposed biosynthetic pathway by localizing reserpine and the theoretical intermediates of it

A spotlight in Trends in genetics about the convergent evolution for antibiotic biosynthesis in bacteria and animals.

A research performed in collaboration with Agricultural University of Athens on new pioneer practice to enrich polyphenols in grape by the application of biostimulants on grapevines

Read our collaborative article with Pr Queiroz from the University of Porto and Pr Geros from the University of Minho, (Portugal). Climate changes are speeding up the maturation of grapes, but warmer temperatures often uncouple technical and phenolic maturity. We tested the efficacy of crop forcing in delaying the maturation of cv. ‘Touriga Nacional’ vines of the Douro Region, and their impacts on plant performance, berry quality attributes and metabolome

This updated version should ease evolutionary studies leading to a better understanding of MIA biosynthetic pathway evolution.

Read our new study with Pr Chao SUN’s group, on single-cell RNA sequencing of Catharanthus roseus leaf published in Nature plants!

A collaborative article with the laboratory Synthese et Isolement de Molecules Bioactives (SIMBA), Tours.We validated the traditional application of C. sieberiana root bark as a dewormer. We determined the metabolic composition of the extracts by UPLC-MS/MS.