Medicinal plants have been used by mankind since ancient times, and many bioactive plant
secondary metabolites are applied nowadays both directly as drugs, and as raw materials …

Background: Plant biofactories are biotechnological platforms based on plant cell and organ
cultures used for the production of pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals, although to …

Plants are the richest source for different bioactive molecules. Because of the vast number of
side effects associated with synthetic pharmaceuticals, medical biotechnologists turned to …

Main conclusion Medicinal and aromatic plants are known to produce secondary
metabolites that find uses as flavoring agents, fragrances, insecticides, dyes and drugs …

Biotechnology is playing a vital alternative role in the production of pharmaceutical plant
secondary metabolites to support industrial production and mitigate over-exploitation of …

Plants are the sources of many bioactive secondary metabolites which are present in plant
organs including leaves, stems, roots, and flowers. Although they provide advantages to the …

Plants are the tremendous source for the discovery of new products with medicinal
importance in drug development. Today several distinct chemicals derived from plants are …

Plant cell culture systems represent a potential renewable source of valuable medicinal
compounds, flavours, fragrances, and colorants, which cannot be produced by microbial …

In recent years, there has been a considerable increase in interest in the use of transgenic
plants as sources of valuable secondary metabolites or recombinant proteins. This has been …

Main conclusion Plant tissue culture as an important tool for the continuous production of
active compounds including secondary metabolites and engineered molecules. Novel …