Secondary Metabolites from Plant Cell Culture Technology

2 Secondary Metabolites from Plant Cell Culture Technology 

Plant cells in cultures can transform natural or artificial compounds through a variety of reactions, such as hydrogenation, dehydrogenation, isomerization, glyeosylation, and hydroxylation, into seeondary metabolite products. Moreover, the biosynthesis method is safe, eontrollable, and eeonomieal in eontrast to field eultivation of their parent plants. In the past 50 years. 

Codeine, morphine Papaver somniferum Analgesic, antitussive 

Tubocurarine Chondodendron tomentosum, Strychnos toxifera Skeletal muscle relaxant 

Taxus brevifolia and other taxoids Taxus brevifolia Antineoplastic 

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In industry, enhancement of secondary metabolite production is crucial for successful application of plant cell culture technology. Among the manipulative techniques available to promote the productivity of useful secondary metabolites from plant cell cultures, the treatment of plant cells with various elicitors has been one of the best approaches for dramatically increasing the production of useful secondary metabolites. ... 

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