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Plant Functional Biochemistry Lab
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A lab that explores bioactive substances acting on plants and the plant responses to them.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring substances that act on plants and the responses they trigger
The Plant Functional Biochemistry Lab studies the mechanisms of bioactive substances that act on plants, and plant responses to them.
For both natural and synthetic bioactive substances, the lab identifies which molecules they act on (target molecules) and investigates how they work.
The lab also studies plant responses to photooxidative stress, the biosynthesis of aroma compounds, semiochemicals that act among insects, plants, and animals, and the uptake and transport of metals in land plants.
On the lab's website, it is introduced under the name "Plant Function Regulation Lab."
Key terms
- Bioactive substance
- Substances that affect the functions of living organisms. They include natural ones and artificially synthesized ones.
- Photooxidative stress
- Oxidative damage that occurs in plant cells under the influence of light.
- Biosynthesis
- The process in which substances are made step by step inside a living organism.
- Semiochemicals
- Chemicals involved in the exchange of information among insects, plants, and animals.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies the target molecules and mechanisms of action of natural and synthetic bioactive substances, and the antioxidant responses of plants to photooxidative stress. It also works on the biosynthesis of aroma compounds, semiochemicals that act among insects, plants, and animals, and the uptake, transport, and accumulation of metals in land plants.
*Illustrative imageTargets and mechanisms of action of bioactive substances
For both natural and synthetic bioactive substances, the lab identifies which molecules they act on (target molecules) and investigates the mechanisms by which they work.
*Illustrative imageAntioxidant responses to photooxidative stress
The lab studies the mechanisms of the antioxidant responses that plants show when subjected to photooxidative stress.
*Illustrative imageHow aroma compounds are produced
The lab clarifies the pathways by which aroma compounds are biosynthesized, and also studies how to control their productivity.
*Illustrative imageChemicals that act among living organisms
The lab studies the functions of semiochemicals involved in interactions among insects, plants, and animals.
MembersFaculty
- Associate ProfessorYukari Sunohara
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Plant Habitat-04 (PH-04) Pepper Seed Planting (KSC-20210408-PH-ILW01 0115)” NASA Kennedy Space Center / NASA/Isaac Watson / Public domain (cropped)
- Targets and mechanisms of action of bioactive substances: “Herbicide spraying, Carlson Waterfowl Production Area in LaMoure County, ND” USFWS Mountain-Prairie / Public domain (cropped)
- Antioxidant responses to photooxidative stress: “Sunlit Green Canopy”” MUuslimabonu / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- How aroma compounds are produced: “Mint leaves 0” Sd Raihan / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Chemicals that act among living organisms: “Pheromone trap, Mookerheide, the Netherlands” Bj.schoenmakers / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Natural Products Chemistry Lab): “Ecological Trail Garden of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and South China Medicinal Plants Garden )” LN9267 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Insect Semiochemistry Lab): “European honey bee extracts nectar” John Severns (Severnjc) / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Environmental Biochemistry Lab): “ISS-64 Radish plants in the Plant Habitat-02 experiment (2)” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Food Resource Utilization Science Lab): “Semi-desert vegetation in Lamu” HassanA2023 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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