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. 2023 Mar 20;153(3):447–458. doi: 10.1007/s11240-023-02485-8

Table 2.

Effect of Biotic Elicitors on therapeutic metabolites production in Plants

Elicitor Compounds Plant species Culture type References
Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Lignan Linum album Hairy root cultures Esmaeilzadeh Bahabadi et al., 2014
Sucrose Leoligin Leontopodium alpinum Hairy root cultures Wawrosch et al., 2014
Penicillium fellutanum Glycyrrhizic acid

Taverniera cuneifolia

(Roth) Arn.

Root cultures Awad et al., 2014
Chitin

trans-Resveratrol and

viniferins

Vitis vinifera Cell suspension culture Taurino et al. 2015
Phenylpropanoids and naphtodianthrones Hypericum perforatum Cell suspension culture Gadzovska-Simic et al., 2015
Bacillus cereus Atropine Datura metel hairy root cultures Shakeran et al., 2015
Staphylococcus aureus Atropine Datura metel hairy root cultures Shakeran et al., 2015
Dextron Phenylpropanoids and naphtodianthrones Hypericum perforatum Shoot, callus, cell suspension cultures Gadzovska-Simic et al., 2015
Pectin Phenylpropanoids and naphtodianthrones Hypericum perforatum Shoot, callus, cell suspension cultures Gadzovska-Simic et al., 2015
Aspergillus niger Oleanolic acid, urosolic acid Salvia fruticosa Cell suspension culture Kummritz et al., 2016
Rhizophagus irregularis Rosmarinic acid Ocimum basilicum Root cultures Srivastava et al., 2016
Piriformospora indica Withanolides Withania somnifera Hairy root cultures Ahlawat et al., 2017
Trichoderma harzianum Ginsenoside and Anthocyanin Panax sikkimensis Cell suspension cultures Biswas et al., 2018
Bacillus subtilis Ginsenoside Panax quinquefoliusL Cell suspension cultures Biswas et al., 2018
Chitosan Withaferin Withania somnifera (L.) Hairy root culture Thilip et al., 2019
Coronatine and sorbitol Artemisinin Artemisia annua Hairy root cultures Salehi et al. 2019a
Bacillus subtilis Diosgenin Helicteres isora L Cell suspension cultures Shaikh et al., 2020
Escherichia coli Diosgenin Helicteres isora L Cell suspension culture Shaikh et al., 2020
Yeast extract Flavonoids, phenolic acids Ocimum basilicum Cell suspension culture Acıkgoz, 2020
Alternaria panax Ginsenoside Panax ginseng Cell suspension culture Hao et al., 2020
Agrobacterium rhizogenus Paclitaxel Taxus brevifolia Hairy root cultures Jalalipour Parizi et al., 2020