Plant Stem Cells Reach U.S. Market

Plant secondary metabolites possess several biological activities such as anti-mutagenic, anti-carcinogenic, anti-aging, etc. Cell suspension culture is one of the most effective systems to produce secondary metabolites. It is possible to increase the phenolic compounds and tocopherols by using active callus stem cell suspension cultures. But could we get more—and more potent—flavonoids and other active biological ingredients by growing live cells in the NASA-derived Space Certified bioreactor instead of just extracting dead leaves in alcohol? The answer is yes, especially because we made two other improvements. One was to pick a species of green tea, the Chinese mountain tea plant, which grows in a harsh high-altitude environment, and thus needs to make more potent chemicals to protect itself from insects, sunlight and pathogens. The second was to use a particular type of active cell—so-called plant callus derived from somatic cells that undergo dedifferentiation to give rise to totipotent embryogenic cells. These are like stem cells in their ability to regenerate any part of the entire plant. The active cells don’t just make the flavonoids, they also make growth factors and other proteins and hormones compounds that promote active cell regeneration. Regenere 3D is now available in the U.S. Learn more at biofieldexpert.com.