Effective Biotic Elicitors for Augmentation of Secondary Metabolite Production in Medicinal Plants

Divya Jain, Shiwali Bisht, Anwar Parvez, Kuldeep Singh, Pranav Bhaskar () and Georgios Koubouris ()
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Divya Jain: Department of Microbiology, School of Applied & Life Sciences, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun 248007, India
Shiwali Bisht: Faculty of Science, Motherhood University, Roorkee 247661, India
Anwar Parvez: Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Daffodil International University, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh
Kuldeep Singh: Department of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Research, GLA University, Mathura 281406, India
Pranav Bhaskar: Integrative Centre for Research & Innovation in Biology, Braj Mohan Jha Science Research & Innovation Foundation, (Satellite Campus), Sector 14 West, Chandigarh 160014, India
Georgios Koubouris: Hellenic Agricultural Organization ELGO-DIMITRA, Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture, Leoforos Karamanli 167, GR-73134 Chania, Greece

Agriculture, 2024, vol. 14, issue 6, 1-24

Abstract: Plants are an essential component of our daily diet, and their nutritional value has been thoroughly studied for many years. The ability of plants to adapt to changing environmental conditions through signaling systems is an essential component of their survival. Plants undergo an array of physiological alterations to respond to stress from biotic sources. Secondary compounds frequently accumulate in crops that are sensitive to stress, particularly those with several eliciting agents or signaling molecules. Plants contain various types of bioactive compounds, including phytosterols, alkaloids, glycosides, and polyphenols, which make them valuable for the food and pharmaceutical industries. The increased production of secondary metabolites via elicitation has opened up a new field of study with the potential to provide substantial financial gains for the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical industries. These elicitors are pharmacological compounds that activate specific transcription factors and up-regulate genes to activate metabolic pathways. Thus, the current review discusses the mechanism of biotic elicitation and various elicitation techniques using biotic (proteins, carbohydrates, rhizobacteria, fungi, and hormones) elicitors that may increase the yield of secondary metabolites, particularly in medicinal plants, which is advantageous to the agrochemical and therapeutic industries.

Keywords: secondary metabolites; biotic elicitor; signal molecules; phytomolecules; medicinal plants (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: 2024
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