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Trichomes in Artemisia annua: Initiation, Development, Maturation and the Possibilities to Influence these Factors

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Abstract

The glandular trichomes (GT) of Artemisia annua (A. annua) synthesize and store the antimalarial compound artemisinin (AN) and several hundreds of other secondary metabolites (SM), and from an economical viewpoint, the GT are the most important structures of the plants. This chapter will give an overview of the contemporary knowledge on the morphology of the GT, the mechanisms of initiation of GT, the development and maturation processes of GT and an overview of the current research on elucidating the effect of the application or change in external factors on the density and size of GT in A. annua.

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Abbreviations

NGT:

Non-glandular trichomes

GT:

Glandular trichomes

SM:

Secondary metabolites

AN:

Artemisinin

A. annua :

Artemisia annua

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    Anders Kjaer, Kai Grevsen & Martin Jensen

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Kjaer, A., Grevsen, K., Jensen, M. (2014). Trichomes in Artemisia annua: Initiation, Development, Maturation and the Possibilities to Influence these Factors. In: Aftab, T., Ferreira, J., Khan, M., Naeem, M. (eds) Artemisia annua - Pharmacology and Biotechnology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41027-7_7

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