For over 350 years, quinine and other extracts from the cinchona tree (Cinchona spp.) were the only effective medicines ...

Plants make a surprising intermediate en route to quinine and cinchonidine ...

Newly discovered enzymes found in the cinchona tree play a crucial role in the production of the malaria drug quinine and other important alkaloids. This opens up possibilities for the ...

Researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants of the genus Solanum and for the first time demonstrate the ecological role ...

The cancer drug paclitaxel has captured the imaginations of chemists for decades, in part because of its complex polycyclic core with an oxetane ring. Although scientists have synthesized the molecule ...

Le-Han Rössner, Clemens Rössner et al., (2026) Gene and genome duplications have contrasting impacts on biosynthetic and flower developmental pathways in California poppy. The Plant Cell.