Abstract

GOMEZ-ZELEDON, JAVIER  and  JIMENEZ, VÍCTOR M. In Vitro Production of Anthocyanins - A Literature Review. Acta biol.Colomb. [online]. 2011, vol.16, n.1, pp.3-20. ISSN 0120-548X.

The production of secondary metabolites in plant cell cultures may be of interest for obtaining compounds that are difficult to synthesize or isolate from other sources, which is usually associated with high economic value of the substances, but may also be useful to help elucidating the metabolic pathways involved in the synthesis of such compounds. This paper presents a general description of anthocyanins, a group of pigments of great importance to the industry, complemented by referring the scientific papers that have been recently published on their in vitro production. Regarding the latter, a description of the effect of changes in growing conditions, of the addition of precursors, of the use of growth regulators, and of the utilization of elicitors and stressors on the production of these compounds, is done. Finally, this review mentions the use of hairy roots obtained by the use of Agrobacterium rhizogenes for the production of these compounds.

Keywords : cell cultures; elicitors; pigments; precursors; tissue culture.

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