Plants didn’t wait for us to admire their leaves. Over hundreds of millions of years they evolved into chemical factories producing a staggering variety of compounds that go far beyond the basics of growth. In this article we’ll explore how evolution shaped plants into “natural chemists”, why this matters in terms of their survival and […]

Plants are master chemists. Behind their foliage and blossoms, countless molecular factories are at work. The secret agents of these factories? Enzymes. Without enzymes directing traffic, routing building blocks, and setting pathways in motion, plants couldn’t build the wide range of compounds that define their flavor, fragrance, color, defense and ecological interaction. In this blog, […]

Plants do far more than photosynthesise and grow. They are chemical producers, reacting to light, soil nutrients, and stress by altering the mix of secondary metabolites they generate. These adjustments influence flavor, color, defense, medicinal value and ecological interaction. In this blog we will explore how light, soil and stress shape a plant’s chemical profile […]