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The Large-Scale Cultivation of Plant Cells

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Plant Cell Biotechnology

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((ASIH,volume 18))

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Higher plants produce a large variety of metabolites, some of which are potentially useful compounds of commercial interest, including pharmaceuticals (steroids, alkaloids, glycosides), flavor and fragrances, sweeteners, etc.; these compounds are mainly secondary metabolites (Berlin 1986; Nickell 1980).

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Pareilleux, A. (1988). The Large-Scale Cultivation of Plant Cells. In: Pais, M.S.S., Mavituna, F., Novais, J.M. (eds) Plant Cell Biotechnology. NATO ASI Series, vol 18. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73157-0_32

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