TY - CHAP
T1 - Plants as Bioreactors for Human Health Nutrients
AU - Cruz-Ramírez, Luis Alfredo
AU - García-Ramírez, Jesús Agustín
AU - Rico-Resendiz, Felix Edgardo
AU - Membrilla-Ochoa, Alfonso
AU - Alonso-Herrada, Janette
AU - Escobar-Feregrino, Tania
AU - Torres-Pacheco, Irineo
AU - Guevara-Gonzalez, Ramon
AU - Campos-Guillén, Juan
AU - Valdez-Morales, Maribel
AU - Hernández, Andrés Cruz
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2014. All rights are reserved.
PY - 2013/11/1
Y1 - 2013/11/1
N2 - One of the biggest challenges in the coming years is to reduce the impact of chronic diseases. Unhealthy eating is an increasing problem and underlies much of the increase in mortality from chronic diseases that are occurring worldwide. Diets based on plant foods are strongly associated with reduced risks in major chronic diseases, but the constituents in plants that promote health have proved difficult to identify. Plant cells have been used, in the past two decades, as efficient host systems with great potential for the expression of foreign proteins and for the production of nonprotein bioactive small molecules. Till date, the systems implemented include a variety of approaches using whole plants, plant tissue cultures, and cell cultures for the synthesis of a myriad of compounds that include foreign protein expression for the production of antibodies and vaccines. Plant cells have also been used as bioreactors for the massive production on plant-derived bioactive small molecules which are important dietary components or used in the industry as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, flavors, and fragrances. Plant genetics and metabolic engineering can be used to make foods that differ only in their content of specific phytonutrients.
AB - One of the biggest challenges in the coming years is to reduce the impact of chronic diseases. Unhealthy eating is an increasing problem and underlies much of the increase in mortality from chronic diseases that are occurring worldwide. Diets based on plant foods are strongly associated with reduced risks in major chronic diseases, but the constituents in plants that promote health have proved difficult to identify. Plant cells have been used, in the past two decades, as efficient host systems with great potential for the expression of foreign proteins and for the production of nonprotein bioactive small molecules. Till date, the systems implemented include a variety of approaches using whole plants, plant tissue cultures, and cell cultures for the synthesis of a myriad of compounds that include foreign protein expression for the production of antibodies and vaccines. Plant cells have also been used as bioreactors for the massive production on plant-derived bioactive small molecules which are important dietary components or used in the industry as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, flavors, and fragrances. Plant genetics and metabolic engineering can be used to make foods that differ only in their content of specific phytonutrients.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930585021&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-03880-3_15
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-03880-3_15
M3 - Capítulo
SN - 3319038796
SN - 9783319038797
VL - 9783319038803
SP - 423
EP - 454
BT - Biosystems Engineering
PB - Springer International Publishing
ER -