Nanoparticles as Novel Elicitors to Improve Bioactive Compounds in Plants

Samantha de Jesus Rivero-Montejo, Marcela Vargas-Hernandez and Irineo Torres-Pacheco
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Samantha de Jesus Rivero-Montejo: Laboratory of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Campus Amazcala, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Carretera a Chichimequillas, km 1 S/N, C.P., El Marques, Queretaro 76265, Mexico
Marcela Vargas-Hernandez: Faculty of Engineering, Campus Amealco, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Carretera Amealco Temazcaltzingo, km 1, Centro, C.P., Amealco de Bonfil, Queretaro 76850, Mexico
Irineo Torres-Pacheco: Laboratory of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Campus Amazcala, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Carretera a Chichimequillas, km 1 S/N, C.P., El Marques, Queretaro 76265, Mexico

Agriculture, 2021, vol. 11, issue 2, 1-16

Abstract: Bioactive compounds (e.g., flavonoids, phenolics acids, alkaloids and carotenoids) are commercially-valued products, due to their wide array of applications in the medical, pharmacological, cosmetic, agriculture and food industry. A strategy applied to increase or enhancing bioactive compounds production in plants is controlled elicitation. In recent years, many researchers have studied the role of nanoparticles (NPs) as a novel elicitor for the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds shown that the NPs could affect the plant’s secondary metabolism in plant and culture systems. In this sense, recent studies have highlighted the potential applications of nanotechnology in crop production by improving the nutraceutical and nutritional quality of plants. In this review, we present studies about the application of NPs to enhance the production of bioactive plant metabolites. The aforementioned studies in ex vitro as in vitro, in addition to the effect of post-harvest by NPs application.

Keywords: bioactive compounds; nanoparticles; eustress; elicitation; secondary metabolic; ROS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q1 Q10 Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15 Q16 Q17 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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