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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2025

Phenylpropanoids metabolism: recent insight into stress tolerance and plant development cues.

Vincent Ninkuu, Oluwaseun Olayemi Aluko, Jianpei Yan, Hongmei Zeng, Guodao Liu, Jun Zhao, Huihui Li, Songbi Chen, Felix Dapare Dakora

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Vincent Ninkuu *National Nanfan Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Sanya, China.
Oluwaseun Olayemi Aluko *Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Germplasm Resources, Conservation, and Utilization of Cassava, Danzhou, China.
Jianpei YanState Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China.
Hongmei ZengState Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Beijing, China.
Guodao LiuCrops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Germplasm Resources, Conservation, and Utilization of Cassava, Danzhou, China.
Jun ZhaoNational Nanfan Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Sanya, China.
Huihui LiNational Nanfan Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Sanya, China.
Songbi ChenCrops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture for Germplasm Resources, Conservation, and Utilization of Cassava, Danzhou, China.
Felix Dapare DakoraNational Nanfan Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Sanya, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The phenylpropanoid pathway remains a key target for most climate-resilient crop development, owing to it being a precursor to over 8000 metabolites, including flavonoids and lignin compounds, including their derivatives. These metabolites are involved in biotic and abiotic stress tolerance, inviting several studies into their roles in plant defense, drought, temperature, UV, and nutrient stress tolerance. Literature is currently inundated with cutting-edge reports on the phenylpropanoid pathways and their functions. Here, we provide a comprehensive update on the biosynthesis of phenylpropanoids, mainly lignin and flavonoids, their roles in biotic and abiotic interaction, and transcending topics, including pest and diseases, drought, temperature, and UV stress tolerance. We further reviewed the post-transcriptional, post-translational, and epigenetic modifications regulating phenylpropanoid metabolism and highlighted their applications and optimization strategies for large-scale production. This review provides an all-inclusive update on recent reports on the metabolism of phenylpropanoids in plants.

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epigenetics modificationsphenylpropanoidsplant developmentplant interactionspost-transcriptionpost-translation

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PMID40641862
PMCPMC12242330

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