Plants produce a large array of specialized metabolites（natural products）that not only are essential for growth and development,but also play important roles in adaptation to the variable stressful environments.Also...Plants produce a large array of specialized metabolites（natural products）that not only are essential for growth and development,but also play important roles in adaptation to the variable stressful environments.Also,many plant metabolites are essential nutrient elements for humans and serve as natural drugs.However,study of the biosynthesis of natural products is still in its infancy,because more than 90%of plant metabolites are unknown and only a small number of genes/ enzymes involved in metabolism are identified in the model plants Arabidopsis and rice.展开更多
文摘Plants produce a large array of specialized metabolites（natural products）that not only are essential for growth and development,but also play important roles in adaptation to the variable stressful environments.Also,many plant metabolites are essential nutrient elements for humans and serve as natural drugs.However,study of the biosynthesis of natural products is still in its infancy,because more than 90%of plant metabolites are unknown and only a small number of genes/ enzymes involved in metabolism are identified in the model plants Arabidopsis and rice.
