In ethnopharmacology, and especially in traditional Chinese medicine, medicinal plants
have been used for thousands of years. Similarly, agricultural plants have been used …

Hairy roots derived from the infection of a plant by Rhizobium rhizogenes (previously
referred to as Agrobacterium rhizogenes) bacteria, can be obtained from a wide variety of …

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

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 …

Metal pollution is an important issue worldwide, with various documented cases of metal
toxicity in mining areas, industries, coal power plants and agriculture sector. Heavy metal …

The therapeutic potential of ginseng has been studied extensively, and ginsenosides, the
active components of ginseng, are shown to be involved in modulating multiple …

Plant secondary metabolites are known to have a variety of biological activities beneficial to
human health. They are becoming more popular as a result of their unique features and …

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 …

One of the aims of plant in vitro culture is to produce secondary plant metabolites using plant
cells and organ cultures, such as cell suspensions, adventitious, and hairy roots (among …