Abstract
An array of organic compounds synthesized by plants for counteracting adverse environmental conditions and pathogens are called plant secondary metabolites. These phytochemicals are exclusive and impeccable sources of various high-demand, lifesaving, and commercially important pharmaceuticals. Elicitation is the significant approach of triggering physiological modifications and stimulating plant protection mechanisms by adding elicitors for the improved secretion of secondary metabolites. The effect of various biotic and abiotic elicitors on in vitro plant cultures and hairy root cultures for the increased accumulation of metabolites has been witnessed in majority of medicinal plants. Further, full exploration of research in this particular area will open up new horizons in secondary metabolite synthesis pathways and metabolomics. Here in this review, we focus on the mechanism and attributes of elicitation, types of elicitors, and its effect on plant secondary metabolite production.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Phytochemical Genomics |
| Subtitle of host publication | Plant Metabolomics and Medicinal Plant Genomics |
| Publisher | Springer Nature |
| Pages | 477-497 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9789811957796 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789811957789 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Jan 2023 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Abiotic elicitors
- Biotic elicitors
- Elicitation
- Nanoparticles
- Secondary metabolites
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
- General Medicine