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Dear Colleagues,

There are several aromatic medicinal plants that grow in forest ecosystems. They have been applied traditionally in several medicinal preparations. In total, 50% of the commercial essential oils are sourced in forest or wild-crafted. The research and publications on these can lead to discovery of new medicines.

This Special Issue welcomes both research and review papers on the most recent and innovative developments of forest-based natural products. We hope that this Special Issue can further encourage and promote the scientific contributions of researchers in this field.

Dr. Prabodh Satyal
Guest Editor

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Keywords

essential oil
forest natural product
GCMS
commercializing forest EO
ethnomedicine
chemical ecology
biological activities

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Elicitation of Secondary Metabolites in Aquilaria malaccensis Lam. Callus Culture by Crude Mycelial Extract of Fusarium solani and Methyl Jasmonate

by Ahmad Faizal, Rizkita Rachmi Esyanti, Nadia Puji Utami, Alda Wydia Prihartini Azar, Dina Hermawaty, Titis Setiyobudi, Andri Fadillah Martin, Betalini Widhi Hapsari and Maman Turjaman

Forests 2023, 14(1), 48; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/f14010048 - 27 Dec 2022

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Agarwood is a resinous wood of great economic value produced by trees from the Thymelaeaceae family in response to stress. The natural formation of agarwood can take decades after exposure to the stressors. Artificial agarwood induction by inoculating the stem with fungi has been successfully demonstrated, but resin accumulation occurs very slowly. Cell suspension and callus cultures may serve as an alternative solution to provide a fast-growing plant material to produce artificial agarwood in a short period. Here, we induced agarwood formation in callus cultures of Aquilaria malaccensis by application of crude mycelial extracts of Fusarium solani strains GSL1 or GSL2, or methyl jasmonate (MeJA). After 20 days of treatment with elicitors, all treated calluses had less dry weight than the control group. The gas chromatography–mass spectrometry analysis identified 33 different secondary metabolites among all samples, four of which were present in all treatments and control, i.e., 1-docosene and 1-octadecene (alkenes), 4-di-tert-buthylphenol (phenolic), and benzenepropanoic acid (fatty acid). The 6-methoxy-2-(4-methoxyphenethyl)-4H-chromene-4-one, a chromone derivative, was only detected in callus elicited with the F. solani strain GSL2 and MeJA. All treated calli produced more fatty acid derivatives than the control group. We conclude that elicitors used in this study can induce the production of agarwood-related chemicals such as chromone and fatty acid in callus culture. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forest Plant Phytochemicals: Current Trends, Challenges and Perspectives for Application)

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Kadsura longipedunculata Finet & Gagnepain (Schisandraceae): An Overview of Botany, Traditional Uses, Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities

by Muhammad Idrees, Zhiyong Zhang, Aftab Yaseen, Yongqing Jiao and Xu Zheng

Forests 2022, 13(8), 1281; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/f13081281 - 13 Aug 2022

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Kadsura longipedunculata Finet & Gagnepain (Chinese Kadsura vine) is an evergreen climbing shrub that is widely found in the southwest province of China. The plant can be used as folk medicine to cure canker sores, dysmenorrhea, traumatic injury, insomnia, rheumatoid arthritis, gastrointestinal inflammation, menstrual disorders, and feminine condition. We conducted an open-ended, online database search with the help of Baidu Scholar, CNKI, Elsevier, Scopus, ScienceDirect, Google, Pubmed, and Web of Science for all publications accessible from 1986 to 2022, using the terms related to traditional uses, botany, phytochemistry, and pharmacological properties. A total of ca. 314 phytochemicals were reviewed and identified in K. longipedunculata, with lignans and terpenoids as the predominant groups. The isolated compounds of this plant possess cytotoxic, antioxidant, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, anti-insomnia, anti-trypanosomal, anti-platelet aggregation, hepatoprotective, and other pharmacological effects. This review offers primary data for further research needed to determine the chemical components responsible for its pharmacological effect in order to continue its traditional use. More clinical and preclinical evidence is required to determine the rationale and safety of using K. longipendunculata for medicinal and food purposes. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Forest Plant Phytochemicals: Current Trends, Challenges and Perspectives for Application)

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