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Valentina Maggini1, Alessio Mengoni2, Patrizia Bogani2
1Research and Innovation Center in Phytotherapy and Integrated Medicine, Careggi, University Hospital, Florence, Italy; Department of Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Abstract:
The role of the interaction(s) between medicinal plants (MPs) and their endophytes (bacterial microbiome) in the production of bioactive compounds (BCs) with therapeutic properties is emerging. Here, we propose Echinacea purpurea (L.) Moench as a new model to reveal the intimate crosstalk between MPs and bacterial endophytes, aiming to discover (new) BCs.
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