Role of Chemical Engineering on Production of Secondary Metabolites with Plant Cell Culture

摘要

Production of secondary metabolities using plant cell culture is aimed to produce alkaloids for pharmaceutical application, food additives and nutriments. Chemical engineering is a useful tool for systematic design of optimal processes and reactors for plant cell culture. Fundamental approach from the chemical engineering view point is useful in the meaning. A structured mode of Carthamus tinctorius cell culture and production systems of paclitaxel using Taxus cuspidata are given as well as genetic modification study of anthocyanin production by Fragaria ananassa.