Abstract
Plants produce complex small molecules - natural products - that exhibit anticancer, antimalarial and antimicrobial activity. These molecules play a key role in human medicine. However, plants typically produce these compounds in low quantities, and harvesting plant natural products is frequently expensive, time-consuming and environmentally damaging. Plant cell culture provides a renewable, easily scalable source of plant material. In this chapter we discuss the successes and pitfalls associated with natural product production in plant cell cultures.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 329-331-370 |
| Journal | Progress in drug research. Fortschritte der Arzneimittelforschung. Progrès des recherches pharmaceutiques |
| Volume | 65 |
| Publication status | Published - 2008 |
