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Production of natural products by plant cell biotechnology: results, problems and perspectives

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Plant Tissue Culture

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This short review presents some examples, which demonstrate the importance and the potential of plant cell and tissue cultures for a biotechnological production of natural products. On the other hand, it still can not be denied, that despite intensive work for some 30 years all over the world a real breakthrough of this technique has been achieved only very recently (Phyton 2002). The problems we are faced with and some new possibilities to overcome these problems will be discussed (for more detailed and/or special discussion see e.g. Walton et al. 1999, Bourgaud et al. 2001, Stafford 2002.

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Alfermann, A.W., Petersen, M., Fuss, E. (2003). Production of natural products by plant cell biotechnology: results, problems and perspectives. In: Laimer, M., Rücker, W. (eds) Plant Tissue Culture. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6040-4_9

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