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This paper reviews the alternatives to agriculture for the production of plant-derived fine chemicals. These include chemical synthesis and the biotechnological approaches of cell suspension culture and plant organ culture. A description of the work and research approach of the authors’ laboratory is presented.
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Richmond, P., Wilson, P.D.G., Walton, N.J. (1992). Fine Chemicals from Plant Cells — an Overview. In: Vardar-Sukan, F., Sukan, Ş.S. (eds) Recent Advances in Biotechnology. NATO ASI Series, vol 210. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2468-3_28
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