Lichen-Derived Culture and Its Application
Lichens have been used as foods, medicines, dyes, and perfumes since ancient times. Many pharmacologically active compounds have been isolated from lichens. However, lichens in nature are rare and seasonal, and harvesting as an industrial resource may lead to the extinction of species. Therefore, to be used in industrial applications, they must be cultured in vitro. Pharmacological use – Lichens are symbiotic associations composed of fungal (mycobiont) and algal (photobiont) partners. They produce secondary metabolites […]
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Plant tissue culture is a technology widely used in fast propagation of cash plants. It requires strict aseptic techniques to ensure no contamination occurs. The principle of tissue culture is cell totipotent, in another word, every plant cell has the potential to develop into a whole plant. However practically actively growing tissue such stem tips are more easily to manipulate. You don’t want to pick an old leaf tissue to carry out tissue culture. But […]
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