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Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid Accumulation by Plant In Vitro Systems

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Bioprocessing of Plant In Vitro Systems

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Over 300 alkaloids possessing a wide range of biological activities have been isolated from plants belonging to Amaryllidaceae family. Galanthamine, used for the palliative treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, is the only one commercialized. The biodisponibility of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids is low. In vitro culture offers an alternative interesting approach for the biotechnological production of these valuable alkaloids. The feeding with different exogenous factors of Leucojum aestivum, L. aestivum ‘Gravety Giant,’ and Narcissus in vitro cultures was reported, and the effects on the biosynthetic pathway of both galanthamine and lycorine were studied.

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Laurain-Mattar, D., Ptak, A. (2018). Amaryllidaceae Alkaloid Accumulation by Plant In Vitro Systems. In: Pavlov, A., Bley, T. (eds) Bioprocessing of Plant In Vitro Systems. Reference Series in Phytochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54600-1_4

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