Metabolomics and fluxomics studies in the medicinal plant Catharanthus roseus

Hebert Jair Barrales-Cureño, Jorge Montiel-Montoya, José Espinoza-Pérez, Juan Antonio Cortez-Ruiz, Gonzalo Guillermo Lucho-Constantino, Fabiola Zaragoza-Martínez, Jesús Antonio Salazar-Magallón, César Reyes, José Lorenzo-Laureano, Luis Germán López-Valdez

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Abstract

Various applications of omics sciences in the study of medicinal plants have been noticed in pharmacology field, specifically in drug discovery, treatment, and dose assessment. In metabolic engineering, the omics sciences support has been used in multicomplex analysis. Catharanthus roseus synthesize terpenoid indole alkaloids through a complex network, therefore it is becoming an excellent biological model in order to analyze metabolomics and fluxomics during alkaloid metabolism of this medicinally valuable plant. C. roseus plays a key role in the traditional medicine, which has been used to treat several diseases, as it contains alkaloids with antileukemic, sedative and antihypertensive properties. Therefore, the main purpose of this chapter is to discuss the spectrum of metabolomics and fluxomics studies performed in C. roseus, from the point of view of studies carried out directly in plants and in vitro culture as well as in the elicitation processes in suspended cells of C. roseus and the metabolic changes generated by the elicitation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedicinal and Aromatic Plants
Subtitle of host publicationExpanding their Horizons through Omics
PublisherElsevier
Pages61-86
Number of pages26
ISBN (Electronic)9780128195901
ISBN (Print)9780128227756
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2020

Keywords

  • elicitation
  • fluxomics
  • metabolomics
  • plant cell culture
  • terpenoid indole alkaloids.

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