Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plant Cell Cultures

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
From Metabolism and Osmotic Work to Totipotency and Morphogenesis: A Study of Limitations Versus Multiple Interactions....Pages 1-11
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Photosynthetic Carbon Metabolism in Photoautotrophic Cell Suspension Cultures of Chenopodium rubrum L.....Pages 15-23
On the Photosynthetic System and Assimilate Metabolism of Daucus and Arachis Cell Cultures....Pages 24-42
Regulation of Carbon and Nitrogen Assimilation Pathways in Tobacco Cell Suspension Cultures in Relation with Ultrastructural and Biochemical Development of the Photosynthetic Apparatus....Pages 43-57
Application of Gas Analysis to Continuous Culture....Pages 58-65
Carbohydrate Source, Biomass Productivity and Natural Product Yield in Cell Suspension Cultures....Pages 66-73
Nitrogen Metabolism of Leaf and Microspore Callus of Betula pendula ....Pages 74-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
4-Coumarate: CoA Ligase in Wild Carrot Cell Culture Clones Which Accumulate Different Amounts of Anthocyanin....Pages 87-98
Induction of Anthocyanin Synthesis in Relation to Embryogenesis in a Carrot Suspension Culture — a Model System for the Study of Expression and Repression of Secondary Metabolism....Pages 99-106
Metabolism of Quinolizidine Alkaloids in Plants and Cell Suspension Cultures: Induction and Degradation....Pages 107-116
Production of Alkaloids by Ergot (Claviceps fusiformis Lov.) on Pennisetum typhoides (Burm.) Stapf and Hubb. in Vitro....Pages 117-123
Compartmentation of Alkaloids in a Cell Suspension of Catharanthus roseus : A Reappraisal of the Role of pH Gradients....Pages 124-132
Studies on Variability of Plant Tissue Cultures for Alkaloid Production in Catharanthus roseus and Papaver somniferum Callus Cultures....Pages 133-142
Biosynthesis and Accumulation of Indole Alkaloids in Cell Suspension Cultures of Catharanthus roseus Cultivars....Pages 143-153
Formation of Cardenolides in Cell and Organ Cultures of Digitalis lanata ....Pages 154-163
Metabolism of Caffeoyl Derivatives in Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 164-173
Metabolic Relationships of Putrescine, GABA and Alkaloids in Cell and Root Cultures of Solanaceae....Pages 174-185
Metabolism and Degradation of Nicotinic Acid in Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 186-195
Plant Cell and Tissue Culture of Cinchona Species....Pages 196-208
The Production of Pyrethrins by Chrysanthemum cinerariaefolium (Trev) Bocc.....Pages 209-214
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Biosynthesis of Chorismate-Derived Quinones in Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 215-224
The Role of Leucine in Terpenoid Metabolism: Incorporation of Leucine into Sesquiterpenoids and Phytosterols by Andrographis Tissue Cultures....Pages 225-234
Accumulation of Antineoplastic Agents by Plant Tissue Cultures....Pages 235-246
Induction of Enzymes of Phytoalexin Synthesis in Soybean Cells by Fungal Elicitor....Pages 247-254
Protoplast Fusion of Secondary Metabolite-Producing Cells....Pages 255-271
Conventional and New Approaches to Increase the Alkaloid Production of Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 272-280
Multiple Shoot Cultures: A Viable Alternative in Vitro System for the Production of Known and New Biologically Active Plant Constituents....Pages 281-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Large-Scale Production of Rosmarinic Acid from Plant Cell Cultures of Coleus blumei Benth.....Pages 293-303
Immobilised Plant Cell Culture Systems....Pages 304-315
Biotransformation of Cardiac Glycosides by Digitalis Cell Cultures in Airlift Reactors....Pages 316-322
Cryopreservation of Plant Cell Cultures....Pages 323-333
Front Matter....Pages 335-335
Altered Amino Acid Biosynthesis in Amino Acid Analog and Herbicide-Resistant Cells....Pages 337-343
Acetohydroxyacid Synthase Inhibitors as Herbicides....Pages 344-355
A Glyphosate-Tolerant Plant Tissue Culture....Pages 356-361
Plant Cell Culture — Future Perspectives....Pages 362-370
Back Matter....Pages 371-377