ArticlePhytochemistry2023
Sterol composition in plants is specific to pollen, leaf, pollination and pollinator.
Article in Phytochemistry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Advancements in Crop PUFAs Biosynthesis and Genetic Engineering: A Systematic and Mixed Review System.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Pooled it
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- Rab geranylgeranyl transferase activity is required for proper sterol biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.Plant & cell physiology · 2026Article
- Pollen sterols are highly diverse but phylogenetically conserved.The New phytologist · 2025Article
- Sterols in plant biologyCell surface (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2025Review
- Food as Medicine: A Review of Plant Secondary Metabolites from Pollen, Nectar, and Resin with Health Benefits for Bees.Insects · 2025Review
- Loss of Sterol Biosynthesis in Economically Important Plant Pests and Pathogens: A Review of a Potential Target for Pest Control.Biomolecules · 2024Review
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Abstract
Sterols have several roles in planta, including as membrane components. Sterols are also essential nutrients for insects. Based on this, and the different functions of leaves and pollen, we tested the hypotheses that (a) the sterolome is different in leaves and pollen from the same plant, (b) pollens from wind- and insect pollinated plants comprise different sterols, and (c) sterol provision in pollen-rewarding angiosperms differs from nectar-rewarding species. A novel approach to sterolomics was developed, using LCMS to determine the sterol profile of leaf and pollen from a taxonomically diverse range of 36 plant species. Twenty-one sterols were identified unambiguously, with several more identified in trace amounts. C
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