Plant in vitro cultures represent an attractive and cost-effective alternative to classical
approaches to plant secondary metabolite (PSM) production (the “Plant Cell Factory” …

Polyamines (PAs) are ubiquitous low-molecular-weight, aliphatic compounds with wide as
well as complex application in fundamental areas of plant growth and development. PAs are …

Tanshinone is a group of active diterpenes widely used in treatment of cardiovascular
diseases. Here, we report the introduction of genes encoding 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl …

Tanshinone is a group of active diterpenes, which are widely used in the treatment of
cardiovascular disease. In this study, methyl jasmonate (MJ) and salicylic acid (SA) were …

In the past three decades, hairy roots research for the production of valuable biological
active substances has received a lot of attention. The addition of knowledge to enhance the …

<? xm-replace_text {Heading}?> Abstract This chapter reviews the various biotic and abiotic
elicitors applied to hairy root cultures and their stimulating effects on the accumulation of …

A total of 1709 samples of plant-derived food products, mainly produced in Europe, were
analysed for tropane alkaloids (TAs). The samples, of which 27.4% came from organic …

Economically important compounds, such as licorice flavonoids, are present in insufficient
amounts in the hairy roots. To overcome this problem, we took the transgenic approach …

Polyamines play important roles in diverse plant growth and development processes,
including seed germination, tissue lignification, organogenesis, flowering, pollination …

Species of Hyoscyamus are rich sources of medicinally important tropane alkaloids, which
have anticholinergic, antispasmodic and sedative effects and are competitive inhibitors of …