IMPORTANT FEATURES OF SECONDARY METABOLITES OF MICROORGANISMS

Abstract

Plants are an irreplaceable source of obtaining many
practically important substances. It should be emphasized that the industrial
production of some compounds, such as cardiac glycosides, flavonoids,
coumarins, essential oils, is achieved only by isolating them from plant raw materials.
Meanwhile, the possibilities of obtaining the so-called "metabolites of interest" in
sufficient quantities are often limited. This is due to the reduction of resources
of some valuable wild plants, the belonging of many medicinal plants to endemic groups, rare and endangered species. In this regard,
plant cell cultures are of great interest as a source of biologically active substances.