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Plant Archives Vol. 21, Supplement 1, 2021 pp. 1224-1229 e-ISSN:2581-6063 (online), ISSN:0972-5210
Plant Archives
Journal homepage: http://www.plantarchives.org
doi link : https://doi.org/10.51470/PLANTARCHIVES.2021.v21.S1.193
PLANT TISSUE CULTURAL TECHNIQUE TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF PHYTOCHEMICALS
FROM MEDICINAL PLANTS: A REVIEW
Siham A. Salim
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, Ahmed A. Abed
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, Muhammad Akram
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and Umme Laila
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Al-Mussiab Technical College, Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University, Iraq
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Department of Eastern Medicine, Government College University Faisalabad-Pakistan
Email: dr.sihamabdalrazzaq22@yahoo.com, com.shm@atu.edu.iq
ABSTRACT
Almost eighty percent of the world inhabitants rely on traditional formulation which obtain by using various
medicinal plants to cure and ménage the acute and chronic ailment from the ancient times. Important formulation is
made by using the different parts of the plant and the extract of the plant. Number of important phytochemicals
present in each plant which we obtained by using several technologies. By using tissue plant culture, we able to obtain
desired phytochemicals. These components possess different medicinal activities like antioxidant, anti-inflammatory
and many more. Most of the secondary metabolites are obtained from some important herbs. The product which made
by using these components are very effective and show fewer side effects. Plant tissue culture is one of the best
methods now a days to obtained potential component which usually not derived from the whole plant.
Keywords : Tissue culture technique, secondary metabolites, medicinal plants, elicitation
Introduction
From the previous decades the history of tissue and
plant culture is described in many books, papers and article.
Firstly, the tissue culture technique was proposed by
Haberlandt Gottlieb in 1902 in which he gave the concept to
understand the relation and functionality of cell with different
organism. In 1922 first plant is successfully cultured by
scientist. For the culture of plant cell, it is important to
understand the plant hormone which also known as
regulators for the growth of plant. These plant regulators play
significance in different manners. 3 indole-butyric acid first
growth regulators which discovered in 1926. The period
between 1940 to 1960 was a golden period to produce
various technique which effectively used for plant tissue
culture, these techniques still used for that purpose. At that
time various development are done to discover the new and
important growth regulator for plant, kinetin was also
discovered at that time and it is a good cell division hormone.
The scientist of that time Miller and Skoog in 1957 also give
concept to understand the control of hormone by adjusting
the auxin and cytokines concentration. MS medium also
discovered at that time which effectively used for the culture
of tobacco cells, this medium consists of C source, low
amount of N, macro and micro nutrients, salt concentration
high, vitamins obtained from the B complex and growth
regulators. From the previous decades to till now researcher
do many experiments for the development of important
phytochemical and various tissue cultural technique. To get
valuable metabolites tissue culture is best for this purpose.
By using the tissue culture method for the development of
secondary metabolites overcame the development of soil
grown plants. The scale up and protocol immobilization
allowed the production of secondary metabolites which
effectively used in many applications. Rosmarinus acid and
taxol effectively show anti-oxidant and chemotherapeutic
characteristics. By using these plant tissue culture number of
bioactive components are obtained like phenolic component.
Benefits of using plant tissue culture
Eighty percent of the population depends on natural and
plant derivative medicine for their acute or primarily health
related issue and it is approved by WHO. It is also proved
from the world health organization that almost 2/3 of anti-
infectious and anti-carcinogenic medicine which present in
market are obtain from plant and their derivatives. Natural
plants are very effective for treating number of problems
regarding to human health. For the development of important
bioactive chemical component tissue culture and plant cell
are effective tools in biotechnology and these component
used effectively in diversified areas. Tissue culture and plant
cells effectively used in the agriculture and food industry to
produce component which used in food purpose. These plant
derivatives components have potential bioactivity and less
toxicity and this one proved from the many researchers. In
tissue culturing technique under aseptic situation
manipulation of organ cells occurs and the growth of these
cells occurs in a culture medium under suitable condition in
which controlled light, temperature and humidity present. By
using this suitable production system not only increase the
extracts standardization and uniformity but also maintain the
genetic properties of the colon. In an artificial medium for
the maintenance of functions like totipotency and secondary
metabolites gene pool is important. The growth rate of plant
depends on climate condition, production of secondary
metabolites occurs low when environment condition is
suitable. production yield improves by using two significant