Medicinal plants have historically proven their value as a source of molecules with
therapeutic potential, and nowadays still represent an important pool for the identification of …

Higher plants undergo a variety of stresses and to combat those stresses they acclimatize
themselves by producing diverse secondary metabolites. These secondary metabolites also …

Secondary metabolites not only play vital role in plant defense against herbivory and other
interspecies defenses but also used by humans as medicines, flavorings, pharmaceuticals …

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

Plant cell and organ cultures have emerged as potential sources of secondary metabolites,
which are used as pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, flavors, fragrances, coloring agents …

Elicitation is a good strategy to induce physiological changes and stimulate defense or
stress-induced responses in plants. The elicitor treatments trigger the synthesis of …

The development of plant tissue (including organ and cell) cultures for the production of
secondary metabolites has been underway for more than three decades. Plant cell cultures …

Pharmaceutically significant secondary metabolites or phytopharmaceuticals include
alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, volatile oils, tannins, resins etc. Currently, most of these …

High hydrostatic pressure (HHP), pulsed electric fields (PEFs), ultrasound (US), and cold
plasma (CP) are emerging technologies that have already found application in the food …

Natural products have served as a major source of drugs for centuries, and about half of the
pharmaceuticals in use today are derived from natural products. The aim of this review is to …