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Plant species and secondary metabolites obtained from them using tissue culture technique.

Plant species

Product

Activity

Catharanthus roseus

Vincristine, Ajmalthine (serpentine), Ajmalicine

Antileulkaemic
Antiarrhythmic
Trabquilizer

Chrysanthemum cineraciaefolium

Pyrethrin

Insecticide (for grain storage Antimalarial)

Cinchona officinalis

Quinine

Antimalarial

Digitalis lanata

Digoxin, Reserpine

Cardiac tonic
Hypotensive

Dioscorea deltoids

Diosgenin, Antifertile

 

Jasminum sp.

Jasmine

Perfume

Papaver somniferum

Morphine

Analgesic, sedative

P. bracteatum

Codeine

Analgesic



Plant species

Product

Activity

Thaumatococcus

 danielli

Thaumatin

Sweetener.

Datura

stramonium

Scopolamine

Antihypertension

Atropa

belladonna

Atropine

Blocking of cholinergic

Coptis japonica

Berberine

Antibacterial

Campatotheca accuminata

Camptothecin

Anticancer

Nicotiana tabacum

Nicotine glutathione, ubiquinone-10

Ganglion blocker

Cardiovascular agent

Coleus blumei

Rosamarinic acid

Spice, antioxidant

Morinda citrifolia (also Cassia tora)

Anthraquinones

Laxatives, dyes

Glycyrrhiza glabra

Glycyrrhizin

-

Cephalotaxus harringtonia

Cephalotaxine

Antitumour

Lithospermum erythrorhizon

Shikonines

Dye, pharmaceutical

Stevia rebaudiana

Stevioside

Sweetener



 

 

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