A fantastic source of natural products encompassing the vast group of the terpenes,
alkaloids, and phenolic compounds is provided by the plants. About 25,000 of these …

Abstract “Hairy root” finds its route through a century-long path, from being a disease to a
tool for enhanced production of bioactive compounds, the essence of which lies on the …

Plant secondary metabolites comprise diverse groups of chemical compounds such as
phenolic acids, flavonoids, alkaloids, plant steroids, and terpenes. However, the …

Current knowledge in the use of hairy root cell cultures is growing. The use of this
technology in the production of secondary metabolites is also increasing with the general …

Plants produce a variety of organic compounds that are not directly involved in the primary
metabolic process, known as secondary metabolites, but essential for the proper functioning …

The in vitro method of transformation of root cultures using natural soil-borne bacterium
Rhizobium rhizogenes (earlier known as Agrobacterium rhizogenes) is considered as a …

Medicinal plants produce valuable secondary metabolites with anticancer, analgesic,
anticholinergic or other activities, but low metabolite levels and limited available tissue …

Hairy roots are rapidly growing, highly differentiated transformed root cultures induced by
Agrobacterium rhizogenes infection usually at the infected site of the representative …

Abstract “Hairy root” systems, obtained by transforming plant tissues with the “natural genetic
engineer” Agrobacterium rhizogenes, have been known for more than three decades. To …

High stability of the production of secondary metabolites is an interesting characteristic of
hairy root cultures. For 25 years, hairy roots have been investigated as a biological system …