GENERATION OF COLORS AND FLAVORS IN PLANT-CELL AND TISSUE-CULTURES

Plant cell and tissue cultures can be used for the synthesis and produ ction of secondary metabolites like colors, flavors, and sweeteners. M ost often, plant cell cultures fail to produce the desired products. I n such cases strategies to improve the production of secondary metabol ites must be considered. Plant cell culture technology has now reached the point where a variety of culture types can be critically assessed as potential sources of existing and novel flavors and pigments. This brief review gives examples where progress has been made in the devel opment of plant tissue culture systems.