Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. (Squirting Cucumber) Plants Cultured Under Different Temperatures: Anatomical and Biochemical Modifications of Their Leaves and the Bioactivity of Leaf Extracts
<i>E. elaterium</i> demonstrates organ-specific thermotolerance mechanisms, with heat stress enhancing the production of bioactive metabolites. These stress-induced phytochemicals, especially Cucurbitacins, hold promise for future cancer research and therapeutic applications.
Authors
- Paweł Szczeblewski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-5631)
- Nikolaos S. Christodoulakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9292-876X)
- Aikaterina L. Stefi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7395-7768)
- Dido Vassilacopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3822-4697)
- Dimitrios Gkikas
- Maria Chalkiadaki
- Maria Halabalaki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5620-0165)
- Konstantina Mitsigiorgi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2720-9914)
- Danae Papageorgiou
- Emily Bashari
Institutions
- Gdańsk University of Technology (PL)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- University of Gdańsk (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Metabolites
- Published
- 2025-08-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo15090585
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Advances in Cucurbitaceae Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.82
Funders
- Politechnika Gdańska