Secondary Metabolism in Plant Cell Cultures

by Edited by Phillip Morris , Alan H. Scragg , Angela Stafford , Michael W. Fowler

• ISBN13: 9780521279338
• ISBN10: 052127933X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-09
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This 1986 book describes the state of research in the area of secondary metabolism in plant cell and tissue culture. Such cultures are a major tool in horticulture and agriculture, and in the chemical industry. The wide range of applications is reflected in the articles presented here, which are grouped according to topic and derive from the meeting held by The International Association of Plant Cell and Tissue Culture in Sheffield in July 1985. This book was a major contribution to the development of plant biotechnology. It will remain of interest to researchers today.

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Secondary Products from Plant Cell Cultures

Aspects of alkaloid production by plant cell cultures

The synthesis and biotransformation of monoterpenes by plant cells in culture

Molymetric adsorbents stimulate anthraquinone production by cell suspension cultures of Cinchona ledgeriana

Biopolymer production by algal cells

Antimicrobial agents from plant cell cultures

Growth and Differentiation in Relation to Secondary Metabolism

Flavour production in onion tissue culture

Kinetics of growth and alkaloid accumulation in Cartharanthus roseus cell suspension cultures

Differentiation and monoterpene biosynthesis in plant cell cultures

The effect of osmotic stress on growth and alkaloid accumulation in Catharanthus roseus

The relationship between tropane alkaloid production and structural differentiation in plant cell cultures of Atropa belladdona and Hyosyamus muticus

Biochemistry of Secondary Metabolism

Modulation of the phenyl propanoid pathway in bean (phaseolus vulgaris) cell suspension cultures

Interactions and interelationships between primary and secondary metabolism

Co-ordinated induction of enzymes of secondary metabolism

The biotransformation of monoterpenoids by plant tissue culture

Biosynthesis of phytoalexins and sterols in potato cell suspension cultures

Studies on the regulation of Casaicin biosynthesis in immobilised cell cultures and the developing fruit of the chilli pepper, Capiscum frutescens

The elicitation of phytoalexins in cultures of Capisum annum and Nicotiana tabacum

Studies on alliinase from onion (Allium cepa) and the potential use of onion cell cultures as an enzyme source in onion flavour production

Uptake, binding and metabolism of morphinan alkaloids by cell cultures of Papaver somniferum

Mass Cell Culture and Immobilized Plant Cell Systems

The production of secondary metabolites by immobilized plant cells

Immobilization technology

Studies of environmental features of immobilized plant cells

Product release from plant cells grown in culture

Rheological properties of plant cell suspension cultures

Description of a system for the continuous cultivation of plant cells

The economics of mass cell culture

Selection, Stability and Variation in Secondary Metabolism

Somaclonal variation

Genetic basis of instability in cell cultures

A rapid screening technique for the selection of high yielding capsaicin cell lines of Capiscum frutescens mill.

Selection studies of Catharanthus roseus

Variability and stability of cell cultures of Capiscum frutescens

Selection for resistance to late blight in celery

effects of modification of the primary precursor level by selection and feeding on indole alkaloid accumulation in Catharanthus roseus

Long term stability of alkaloid productivity in cell suspension cultures of Catharanthus roseus

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