No one has
succeed in producing complete plants(having
roots, stems and leaves) through
cell culturing at the industrial level.
Techniques of tissue culture are being used
industrially within narrow limits.
-
1 unit of yew cell 1,000,000
units of yew cells
- 1 gram of
ginseng root 150
grams of ginseng roots
Above-mentioned products are undifferentiated
tissues, which are lacking in various
useful compounds. It is generally known
that most plants produce active compounds
(= secondary metabolites) when they are
being redifferentiated.
R&D
Achievements of Microplants Co., Ltd
Microplants developed new technology to produce
useful plants on a large scale
through cell culturing.
-
1 unit of siberian ginseng cell 1,000,000
units of siberian
ginseng cells 1,000,000
units of siberian ginseng plantlets
Any amount of plantlets can be
produced if culturing process is performed
in a large-scale vessel. Microplants also set up a production
system which makes embryogenic cells
be cultured with maintenance of identical
embryogenesis permanently.
Mass production of
siberian ginseng is technologically completed. Microplants is preparing for about 20 kinds
of
useful plants.
Trends
of R&D for Tissue Culture
1,000,000
units of yew cells
R&D
Achievements of Microplants Co., Ltd
1,000,000
units of siberian ginseng plantlets