So how did this research journey start for you then?

The idea was to try to understand how plant produce these molecules to defend themselves so that we can help them during climate change.

So the plant effectively, when it's stressed, stops growing and accumulates a lot of the molecules that act like a little army that blocks the molecules of the pathogens, and during the stress, they can actually lead to the production of other molecules that help the plant to survive.

For example, they can produce acetic acid, which is in vinegar, and that helps them being more resilient to drought.

So these plants under stress, they were creating new molecules that makes them less susceptible to that stress in future.

Absolutely.

And these molecules are similar to anti-inflammatory molecules in animals.

A company approached me, and they said, "Hey, can you do something for liver fibrosis?" So liver fibrosis is a precursor for liver cirrhosis, basically.