Medicinal plant biology

In our research on medicinal plant biology, we examine metabolite production of commercially available medicinal plants and analyze their bioactive constituents and culture in in vitro tissue cultures. Once the metabolite analysis of these tissue cultures is complete, we identify the factors affecting in vitro production of special metabolites. Our goals to develope high-yielding, maintainable cell lines and maximalizing metabolite production by means of elicitation and examination of genes responsible for metabolism.