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In Vitro Plant Cell Cultures: A Route to Production of Natural Molecules and Systematic In Vitro Assays for their Biological Properties

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Nature provides an array of medicinal plants that serve the society by treating a wide range of diseases. Many plants are on the verge of extinction due to their extensive use, ignorance, and restricted habitat. Thus, generation of in vitro cultures via “plant tissue culture techniques” is necessary for maintenance and large-scale propagation of flora. Additionally, these in vitro cultures also provide constant production of a wide variety of complex and structurally diverse secondary metabolites, possessing a range of therapeutic properties and biological activities. This chapter emphasizes on the establishment of in vitro plant cell cultures for secondary metabolite production and their applications in various biological assays. Furthermore, a brief description of in vitro assays is given to elucidate a particular type of bioactivity and its mechanism of action.

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Verma, P., Chaturvedi, R. (2019). In Vitro Plant Cell Cultures: A Route to Production of Natural Molecules and Systematic In Vitro Assays for their Biological Properties. In: Joshee, N., Dhekney, S., Parajuli, P. (eds) Medicinal Plants. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31269-5_10

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