Abrus precatorius, colloquially known as the Saga plant, produces various secondary metabolites with valuable pharmaceutical properties such as glycyrrhizin and abrusoside. Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) is a phytohormone known to regulate the expression of the MYC2 transcription factor, which in turn promotes the biosynthesis of secondary metabolites in plants. Understanding the resolution to enh…
Abrus precatorius is a plant highly valued for its foods and medicinal benefits, notably due to the triterpenoid saponins that it can synthesize. The triterpenoid saponins produced are glycyrrhizin in the roots and abrusoside in the leaves. However, the yield of triterpenoid saponins in A. precatorius is low. To increase the yield, it can be induced by activating the stress condition for the…