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Techniques used for plant tissue culture in vitro
Preparation of plant tissue for tissue culture is performed under aseptic conditions under HEPA filtered air provided by a laminar flow cabinet. Thereafter, the tissue is grown in sterile containers, such as Petri dishes or flasks in a growth room with controlled temperature and light intensity. Living plant materials from the environment are naturally contaminated on their surfaces (and sometimes interiors) with microorganisms, so their surfaces are sterilized in chemical solutions (usually alcohol and sodium or calcium hypochlorite) before suitable samples (known as explants) are taken. The sterile explants are then usually placed on the surface of a sterile solid culture medium but are sometimes placed directly into a sterile liquid medium, particularly when cell suspension cultures are desired. Solid and liquid media are generally composed of inorganic salts plus a few organic nutrients, vitamins, and plant hormones. Solid media are prepared from liquid media with the addition of a gelling agent, usually purified agar.

The composition of the medium, particularly the plant hormones and the nitrogen source (nitrate versus ammonium salts or amino acids) have profound effects on the morphology of the tissues that grow from the initial explant. For example, an excess of auxin will often result in a proliferation of roots, while an excess of cytokinin may yield shoots. A balance of both auxin and cytokinin will often produce an unorganised growth of cells, or callus, but the morphology of the outgrowth will depend on the plant species as well as the medium composition. As cultures grow, pieces are typically sliced off and subcultured onto new media to allow for growth or to alter the morphology of the culture. The skill and experience of the tissue culturist are important in judging which pieces to culture and which to discard.

As shoots emerge from a culture, they may be sliced off and rooted with auxin to produce plantlets which, when mature, can be transferred to potting soil for further growth in the greenhouse as normal plants.

Cathranthus plants
Catharanthus roseus (L.) G. Don is a well known medicinal plant belonging to family Apocynaceae that have been traditionally used as medicine since ancient times. C. roseus is a well-recognized herbal medicine due to its anticancer bisindole alkaloids vinblastine , vincristine and vindesine.

Stevia buds and callus
Stevia, also known as Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni, is a bushy shrub that is part of the sunflower family.Stevia contains eight glycosides. These are the sweet components isolated and purified from the leaves of stevia. These glycosides includeTrusted Source:
stevioside
rebaudiosides A, C, D, E, and F
steviolbioside
dulcoside A
Stevioside and rebaudioside A (reb A) are the most plentiful of these components.

The term “stevia” will be used to refer to steviol glycosides and reb A throughout this article.

These are extracted through a process of harvesting the leaves, then drying, water extraction, and purification. Crude stevia, the processed product before it is purified, often carries a bitter taste and foul smell until it is bleached or decolored. It takes roughly 40 steps to process the final stevia extract.

Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra (Choisy). (Family: Nyctinaginacea) is a valuable ornamental plant with culinary uses and also utilized in traditional medicine for treating common ailments. It is traditionally employed against several diseases such as diarrhoea, hypotension, intestinal disorders, stomachache, nausea, inflammation-related ailments, and in pain management.

Mentha is a well-known genus (in the Lamiaceae family) that has medicinal and aromatic value.which has used the aerial parts (with tea) of this plant since time against several diseases including diabetes, digestive and respiratory disorders, throat ailments, and skin disease

Myrtle (Myrtus communis L.) is an aromatic medicinal plant, belong to Myrtaceae family. The pharmacological effects of myrtle for antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory activities, reduction of COVID-19 symptoms, anti-diabetic in the animal model, hepatoprotective in the rat model, antihypertensive, control of intestinal helminthiasis in mice model, inhibition of glucosyltransferase activity, protective effect on oxidative metabolism in the hypothyroidism model, and reducing the damage caused by skin burns are reviewed.

Rosmary callus
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis) is a culinary and medicinal plant used in food and pharmaceutical industry. The wide range ofbiological activities is mainly related to phenolic and terpenic compounds; like carnosic acid (CA), carnosol (CS) and rosmarinicacid (RA).

Rosa plant

Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) belonging to the Rubiaceae family.
The whole plant is antispasmodic, antiperiodic, cathartic, anthelmintic and external-antiseptic. The leaves and fruit possess antibacterial, antifebrile, demulcent cholagogic and diuretic properties.
Gardenia contains a chemical that might reduce insulin resistance and help prevent high blood sugar. Other chemicals in gardenia might reduce swelling and protect the liver.

Gardenai callus
A callus is an undifferentiated mass of cells, having the potential to develop any part of the plants. Also, callus can also be developed under in vitro conditions using explants from any part of the plant.
Under the suitable condition, the callus develops into shoot primordia and form somatic embryos.
You should also note that callus formed from explants of different plant species might have different structures and growth patterns. Also, to prevent nutrient depletion they are required to be cultured for every 28 days interval.
The callus growth mainly depends on two factors, which include the type of explant, nutrient composition, and growth conditions