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ArticleNature2025

Three-step biosynthesis of salicylic acid from benzoyl-CoA in plants.

Yanan Liu, Lu Xu, Mingsong Wu, Jingjie Wang, Dan Qiu, Jiameng Lan, Junxing Lu, Yang Zhang, Xin Li, Yuelin Zhang

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yanan Liu *Key Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9895-853X
Lu Xu *Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0009-0005-5665-4219
Mingsong WuKey Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8507-2307
Jingjie WangKey Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID 0009-0000-8378-2877
Dan QiuKey Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jiameng LanDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Junxing LuThe College of Life Sciences, Chongqing Normal University, Chongqing, China.
Yang ZhangKey Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7793-1108
Xin LiDepartment of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-6354-2021
Yuelin ZhangKey Laboratory of Bio-resource and Eco-environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. yuelin.zhang@scu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3480-5478

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Salicylic acid (SA) is the active ingredient in willow bark that has been used for anti-inflammation and pain relief for centuries. Aspirin, a derivative of SA, is the most widely used medication in human history. SA also acts as a key plant defence hormone

Indexed as

Acyl Coenzyme ABiosynthetic PathwaysNicotianaSalicylic AcidAcyl Coenzyme Abenzoyl-coenzyme ASalicylic Acid

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