Elicitation and precursor feeding are two important strategies in the in vitro techniques to
enhance metabolite production to meet the demand of mankind. The secondary metabolites …

Abstract Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC., an underused tropical legume, holds remarkable
nutritional parity with conventional legumes like soya beans, with matching in protein, fat …

Bulbous plants are those with organs for nutrient storage and these include tubers, corms,
and bulbs. They can be ornamental or edible, herbaceous or perennial. Important examples …

It has become a huge challenge to satisfy the emerging demand for levo-3, 4-
dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA), an anti-Parkinson's drug in the international drug market …

Abstract l-Dopa is the most potent and gold standard drug for the treatment of Parkinson
disease. The present finding reports the effect of elicitors on enhanced production of l-Dopa …

Plants are often regarded as “natural chemical factories” and produce variety of
biomolecules for their metabolism and survival. They are mainly represented as primary …

Hybanthus enneaspermus is an important source for l-Dopa production. This study reports
elicited l-Dopa production in cell suspension cultures of Hybanthus enneaspermus. Cell …

Main conclusion Transcriptome analysis and biochemical characterization of the putative l-3,
4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA) pathway in Mucuna pruriens (L.) DC have been …

With the emerging rise in the need for drugs extracted from various plant sources, there also
arises the need for the optimum production of the drugs on a larger scale and conservation …

Herbivores can ingest and store plant-synthesized toxic compounds in their bodies and
sequester those compounds for their own benefits. The broad bean, Vicia faba L., contains a …