ABSTRACT
Plant tissue cultures are efficient producers of some biologically active molecules and in certain cases offer an alternative source of such compounds. Indeed, many substances known to accumulate in plant culture systems in concentrations equal to or higher than that observed in the plant. The following strategy is used to optimize secondary metabolite production in plant cells (Fig. 12.1):
establishment of cell suspension cultures of a plant with a high content of the desired drug;
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336optimization of culture conditions. Then, the culture of plant cells on a large scale in a fermenter is feasible.
