Variations at morphological, cytogenetical, cytochemical, biochemical, and molecular levels
have been reported in cell, callus cultures, clonally propagated plants, and in regenerated …

abstract Plant micropropagation is an efficient method of propagating disease-free,
genetically uniform and massive amounts of plants in vitro. The micropropagation from cells …

The effect of biotic elicitors (yeast extract, chitosan), signaling molecule (salicylic acid), and
polyamines (putrescine and spermidine) was studied with respect to isoflavones …

Orchids are important sources of various bioactive molecules of medicinal importance.
Dendrobium fimbriatum figures prominently among the various medicinal orchids used on a …

The transgenic hairy root culture has revolutionized the role of tissue culture of plants in the
synthesis of secondary metabolites. It was shown that hairy roots in the most cases exhibit …

Plants synthesize a wide range of secondary metabolites such as alkaloids, anthocyanins,
flavonoids, quinins, lignans, steroids, and terpenoids, which play a major role in the …

An efficient system for the production of useful metabolites by immobilized plant protoplasts
(protoplasts with artificial cell walls) was developed. An advantage of the system is that the …

Datura inoxia is a subshrub plant known for its toxicity which results from the presence of the
tropane alkaloid scopolamine and hyoscyamine. Saccharides are one of the most important …

Manipulation of culture strategies was adopted to study the influence of nutrient stress, pH
stress and precursor feeding on the biosynthesis of capsaicin in suspension and …

Proteases are enzymes that hydrolyze protein molecules into peptides and amino acids.
Proteases are the most commercially important enzymes because of their multiple …