Integration of high-throughput omics technologies in medicinal plant research: The new era of natural drug discovery.

ABSTRACT: Medicinal plants are natural sources to unravel novel bioactive compounds to satisfy human pharmacological potentials. The world's demand for herbal medicines is increasing year by year; however, large-scale production of medicinal plants and their derivatives is still limited. The rapid development of modern technology has stimulated multi-omics research in medicinal plants, leading to a series of breakthroughs on key genes, metabolites, enzymes involved in biosynthesis and regulation of active compounds. Here, we summarize the latest research progress on the molecular intricacy of medicinal plants, including the comparison of genomics to demonstrate variation and evolution among species, the application of transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics to explore dynamic changes of molecul

SUBMITTER: Zhang W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9891177 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature