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ReviewJournal of experimental botany2025

Navigating Amaryllidaceae alkaloids: bridging gaps and charting biosynthetic territories.

Nuwan Sameera Liyanage, Fatima Awwad, Karen Cristine Gonçalves Dos Santos, Thilina U Jayawardena, Natacha Mérindol, Isabel Desgagné-Penix

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Review in Journal of experimental botany, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Alkaloids from In Vitro CulturedPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nuwan Sameera LiyanageDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9787-6049
Fatima AwwadDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
Karen Cristine Gonçalves Dos SantosDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
Thilina U JayawardenaDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
Natacha MérindolDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-6235-6465
Isabel Desgagné-PenixDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-4355-5503
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières · CAInnovation and Economic Development Trois Rivières · CA

Funding

Canada Research Chair CRC-2018-00137Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2021-03218
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amaryllidaceae alkaloid (AA) biosynthesis has garnered significant attention in recent years, particularly with the commercialization of galanthamine as a treatment for the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. A significant amount of research work over the last eight decades has focused on the understanding of AA biosynthesis, starting from early radiolabelling studies to recent multi-omics analysis with modern biotechnological advancements. Those studies enabled the identification of hundreds of metabolites, the characterization of biochemical pathways, and an understanding of the environmental stimuli and of the molecular regulation of these pharmaceutically and agriculturally important metabolites. Despite numerous studies, there remain significant gaps in understanding the biosynthesis of AAs in Amaryllidaceae plants. As such, further research is needed to fully elucidate the metabolic pathways and facilitate their production. This review aims to provide a comprehensive summary of the current state of knowledge on AA biosynthesis, from elicitation of expression of transcription factors in the cell nucleus to alkaloid transport in the apoplast, and to highlight the challenges that need to be overcome for further advancement.

Indexed as

AmaryllidaceaeAmaryllidaceae AlkaloidsBiosynthetic PathwaysAmaryllidaceae AlkaloidsAmaryllidaceae alkaloidsAmaryllidoideaebiosynthesisgalanthaminein vitro cultureisoquinoline alkaloidsmulti-omic databasenorbelladineomicsspecialized metabolites

Identifiers

PMID38652148
PMCPMC11659181
OpenAlexW4395022334

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