The development of plant tissue (including organ and cell) cultures for the production of
secondary metabolites has been underway for more than three decades. Plant cell cultures …

Plectranthus is a large and widespread genus with a diversity of ethnobotanical uses. The
genus is plagued with numerous nomenclatural disharmonies that make it difficult to collate …

Pentacyclic triterpenes, including lupeol, α-amyrin, and β-amyrin, present a large range of
biological activities including anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer, and gastroprotective properties …

In the present study, a protocol was optimized for establishment of callus and cell
suspension culture of Scrophularia striata Boiss. as a strategy to obtain an in vitro acteoside …

This report describes Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation of Withania
somnifera—an important Indian medicinal plant. A. tumefaciens strain LBA4404, containing …

Abstract Vernonia anthelmintica (L.) Willd. belongs to the family Asteraceae and has
anthelmintic, anti-diabetic, diuretic and anti-asthmatic properties. Present study describes …

Three phase partitioning (TPP), a technique which is based on partitioning of hydrophilic
constituents, proteins, and hydrophobic constituents in three phases comprising of water …

Ageratina pichinchensis (Kunth) R. King & Ho. Rob. is a plant used in traditional Mexican
medicine, and some biotechnological studies have shown that its calluses and cell …

Plant cell culture provides an alternative means for producing secondary metabolites. In this
study, experiments were carried out to study the impact of several parameters …

In addition to the primary metabolites, plants produce a vast number of chemically diversified
economically valuable secondary metabolites (SMs) in specific cell types or tissue or organ …