Scientists from institutions round the nation and the sector have collaborated to develop new resources poised to unlock one other door within the hidden garden of medicinally important compounds present in plants. The resources were developed by the Medicinal Plant Consortium (MPC) led by Joe Chappell, professor of plant biochemistry on the University of Kentucky, Dean DellaPenna, professor of biochemistry at Michigan State University and Sarah O’Connor, professor of chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and now on the John Innes Centre in Norwich, England… 