The communesins share an identical synthetically challenging heptacyclic core arrayed with two aminal groups and at least five stereogenic centers, including two vicinal quaternary carbons. This combination of intriguing structural complexity and interesting biological activities renders these alkaloids popular synthetic targets.
Phylogenomics applies genomic data to reconstruct the evolutionary history of organisms and has been applied to tackle rapidly radiating clades and hybridization events in diverse lineages.
The evolutionary pathway from outcrossing to high levels of self-fertilization has been followed in numerous taxa of herbaceous flowering plants.
Chinese scientist discovered new bioactive chemical compositions from coffee. In recent years, Yunnan became one of cultivation base of Coffea arabica in the world. Coffee Plantation in Yunnan accounted for 99% of China.
The scale of mining activities today is greater than ever but so are its environmental and social impacts. Over the past few decades mining has contributed to millions of hectares of land degradation worldwide. Open-pit mining transforms productive landscapes into ruined wastelands with disastrous consequences for biodiversity, climate, water and soil resources and the livelihoods and health of...
Variation in fruit production can influence the interactions betweeen plants and fruit predators and therefore affect population dynamics of both.
Plant Diversity has release the special issue of Plant Species with Extremely Small Populations (PSESP).
The Way to the Sacred Land: Cherishing the wildlife and traditional culture of the Kailash Sacred Landscape” has been formally published recently.
Poisonous mushrooms are very rich and diverse in China. Lethal amanitas are a group of wild, deadly poisonous mushrooms containing cyclic peptide toxins, which are chemically stable and resistant to high temperatures.
