The mint family of herbs, encompassing sage, rosemary, basil, and even woody plants like teak, provides a stimulating burst to our sense of smell and taste. Researchers at Michigan State University have discovered that the evolution of these plants have diversified their specialized natural characte
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“People easily recognize members of the mint family for their specialized metabolites,” said Björn Hamberger, an associate professor and James K. Billman Jr., M.D., Endowed Professor in the College of Natural Science. “Metabolites are an efficient way for plants to defend themselves because they can’t run away.”
“Over millions of years, plants have adapted and evolved for their particular niches where they thrive, and that means that these chemistries are diverse and have clearly adjusted to their environment,” Hamberger said. “So, we try to identify and discover pathways to these specialized metabolites that plants make.”
“It’s the same base molecule, but each species is making its own version and modifying it in different ways to fit their survival needs,” Lanier said.
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