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Plant cell cultures are an alternative method to produce natural products. Some cultures can be manipulated to yield concentrations of metabolites which exceed the differentiated plant. Cell cultures can also be a source of products with potential pharmacological interest which are not found in differentiated plants. To study biosynthetic processes the metabolically very active cell cultures are especially suitable; biosynthetic intermediates which normally do not accumulate may also show pharmacological activities.
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Nach einem Vortrag anläßlich der 112. Versammlung der Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte vom 19. bis 22. September 1982 in Mannheim.
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Zenk, M.H. Pflanzliche Zellkulturen in der Arzneimittelforschung. Naturwissenschaften 69, 534–536 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00463498
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00463498