Hypericins: biotechnological production from cell and organ cultures

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 98, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 9187-9198

  Murthy, Hosakatte Niranjana ^a,b   Kim, Yun Soo ^c   Park, So Young ^a   Paek, Kee Yoeup ^a  

^a Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b KARNATAK UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Korea Ginseng Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adventitious roots; Bioreactor culture; Hypericin; Pilot scale cultures; Plantlet cultures; Shoot cultures; St. John s wort

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; METABOLITES; VIRUSES;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; BIOREACTOR CULTURES; HYPERICINS; PILOT SCALE; PLANTLET CULTURES; SHOOT CULTURES;

BIOMASS;

ACETYL COENZYME A; EMODIN; HYPERICIN; MALONYL COENZYME A; PSEUDOHYPERICIN; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT; PERYLENE;

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; AERATION; BIOGENESIS; BIOMASS; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CALLUS (PLANT); CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECARBOXYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGHT INTENSITY; NITROGEN AVAILABILITY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN GROWTH; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANTLET; REVIEW; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPERICUM; METABOLISM; PHARMACEUTICS; PROCEDURES;

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HYPERICUM; PERYLENE; TECHNOLOGY, PHARMACEUTICAL;

EID: 84925511144     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-014-6119-3     Document Type: Review

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