Medicinal plant hairy roots generating and their applications.
- Author:
Meng ZHANG
;
Wei GAO
;
Xiu-Juan WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Cell Culture Techniques;
Plant Roots;
chemistry;
genetics;
growth & development;
metabolism;
Plants, Medicinal;
chemistry;
genetics;
growth & development;
metabolism
- From:
China Journal of Chinese Materia Medica
2014;39(11):1956-1960
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
As a kind of the plant tissue cultures, hairy root culture is characterized by rapid growth without exogenous hormones source and high yield of secondary metabolites, which attracted the attention of scholars in resent years. This work systematically summarized the research of medicinal plant hairy roots, including the mechanism, current situation of medicinal plant hairy roots, and their applications.
