A REVIEW PAPER ON RECENT GROWTH IN THE BIOTECHNOLOGY DOMAIN

  • Swarupa. V

Abstract

Plants belonging to the family of monocotyledonous Amaryllidaceae comprise approximately 1100 species split into 75 genera. Amaryllidaceae alkaloids have different biological functions, with their anti-acetylcholinesterase function, used to treat Alzheimer's disease, being the most important one. In vitro culture technology, due to the increased demand for amaryllidaceae alkaloids (mainly galanthamine) and the limited availability of plant sources, has attracted researchers' attention as a prospective alternative for their sustainable production. Plant in vitro systems have been used extensively for the continuous, sustainable and economically viable processing of secondary metabolites of bioactive plants. Important success in the production of in vitro systems synthesizing Amaryllidaceae alkaloids has been shown over the past two decades. The present review explores the state of the art of the production of in vitro amaryllidaceae alkaloids, summarizing the recently reported in vitro plant systems generating them, as well as the point of view of the authors on the advancement of biotechnological production processes, with an emphasis on the potential prospects for the commercial production of these useful alkaloids in in vitro cultivation technologies.

Published
2019-10-30
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