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Transcriptomic landscape of Cestrum diurnum: elucidating pathways of medicinally important terpenoids and toxic alkaloids

Jul 2026 · Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants · Vol 32, pp. 1955 - 1973 · 0 citations · 81 references
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This work provides a foundational resource for C. diurnum for future pharmaceutical and biotechnological applications, enables the discovery and functional characterization of candidate genes, supports metabolic engineering strategies to enhance valuable terpenoids, and offers avenues to mitigate toxic alkaloid accumulation.

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