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CORRECTION article

Front. Plant Sci., 03 February 2026

Sec. Functional and Applied Plant Genomics

Volume 17 - 2026 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2026.1784161

Correction: Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analysis identifies candidate genes involved in triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis in leaves of Centella asiatica (L.) Urban

Lingyun Wan,,&#x;Lingyun Wan1,2,3†Qiulan Huang&#x;Qiulan Huang4†Cui Li,Cui Li2,3Haixia Yu,,Haixia Yu1,2,3Guiyu Tan,,Guiyu Tan1,2,3Shugen Wei,,Shugen Wei1,2,3Ahmed H. El-Sappah,Ahmed H. El-Sappah4,5Suren Sooranna,Suren Sooranna3,6Kun Zhang,,Kun Zhang1,2,3Limei Pan,,Limei Pan1,2,3Zhanjiang Zhang,,Zhanjiang Zhang1,2,3Ming Lei,*Ming Lei2,3*
  • 1Guangxi Key Laboratory for High-Quality Formation and Utilization of Dao-Di Herbs, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning, China
  • 2National Center for Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Inheritance and Innovation, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning, China
  • 3National Engineering Research Center for the Development of Southwestern Endangered Medicinal Materials, Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants, Nanning, China
  • 4Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Food Engineering, Yibin University, Yibin, China
  • 5Genetics Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt
  • 6Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

A Correction on
Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analysis identifies candidate genes involved in triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis in leaves of Centella asiatica (L.) Urban

By Wan L, Huang Q, Li C, Yu H, Tan G, Wei S, El-Sappah AH, Sooranna S, Zhang K, Pan L, Zhang Z and Lei M (2024) Front. Plant Sci. 14:1295186. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1295186

The funder “the Guangxi Science and Technology Base and Talent Project”, “Guike AD22080016” to “Ming Lei” was erroneously omitted.

The correct Funding statement is “The author(s) declare financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. This research was funded by the Guangxi Science and Technology Base and Talent Project (Guike AD22080016), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangxi Province (2023GXNSFAA026330 and 2020GXNSFAA159151), Guangxi Science and Technology Base and Special Talents (Guike AD22035026), Scientific Research Funding Project of Guangxi Botanical Garden of Medicinal Plants (GYJ202008), Innovative Team for Traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials Quality of Guangxi (GZKJ2305) and the Key Laboratory Construction Program of Guangxi Health commission (ZJC2020003).”

The original version of this article has been updated.

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Keywords: Centella asiatica, transcriptome, metabolome, triterpenoid saponin, candidate gene

Citation: Wan L, Huang Q, Li C, Yu H, Tan G, Wei S, El-Sappah AH, Sooranna S, Zhang K, Pan L, Zhang Z and Lei M (2026) Correction: Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analysis identifies candidate genes involved in triterpenoid saponin biosynthesis in leaves of Centella asiatica (L.) Urban. Front. Plant Sci. 17:1784161. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2026.1784161

Received: 16 January 2026; Accepted: 16 January 2026; Revised: 13 January 2026;
Published: 03 February 2026.

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*Correspondence: Ming Lei, bGVpbWluZ0BneHl5end5LmNvbQ==

These authors have contributed equally to this work

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.