Whole transcriptome sequencing of Bryophyllum pinnatum

Bryophyllum pinnatum also referred as Kalanchoe pinnata, a member of Crassulaceae family is a globally used medicinal plant for different aliments like hemorrhoids menorrhagia, diabetes mellitus, boils, pulmonary infections, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, ulcers, ophthalmic disorders, kidney stones, viral, bacterial, and fungal infections. The major bioactive components reported in the B. pinnatum are alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, lipids, bufadienolides, triterpenes, phenols, and organic acids accounting for the plant's medicinal properties. The plant is described as a notorious weed due to its astonishing regeneration potential. Despite such tremendous medicinal applications of the plant, the genes involved in secondary metabolites biosynthesis are uncharacterized. In the present study, De novo transcriptome sequencing and assembly were performed to explore the genes involved in biosynthesis of secondary metabolites.