Metabolomic and Transcriptomic Profiles of Canavalia Gladiata Across Five Tissues

Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic data from five tissues of the medicinal plant Canavalia gladiata. The dataset includes 4,405 differentially accumulated metabolites and 25,597 differentially expressed genes identified across roots, stems, leaves, seeds, and fruit pericarps. Author Yue Gao published the data on figshare in 2026 under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Identify tissue-specific expression patterns of key structural genes like 4CL, CHS, FLS, HMGR, and DXS based on transcriptomic data.
• Analyze co-expression networks to discover regulatory modules involving MYB, bHLH, and MYC2 transcription factors.
• Correlate antioxidant activity and total phenolic/flavonoid content with metabolite profiles across different plant tissues.
• Investigate the regulatory mechanisms of flavonoid and terpenoid biosynthesis pathways highlighted in the study.

Strengths

• Dataset integrates two omics layers—metabolomics and transcriptomics—from the same plant samples.
• Analysis covers five distinct plant tissues (roots, stems, leaves, seeds, fruit pericarps), allowing for tissue-specific comparisons.
• Identifies 4,405 differentially accumulated metabolites and 25,597 differentially expressed genes, providing a basis for network analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The 10.7 KB file size suggests the dataset is a summary or processed results table, not the raw sequencing or spectrometry data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, author Yue Gao.

Collection Method

Integrated metabolomic and transcriptomic analyses performed on five tissues of Canavalia gladiata, combined with antioxidant capacity and bioactive component assays.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-15 05:47:22; freshness should be verified.