Table 1.

Plant tissue culture/cell culture based production of taxolfrom Taxus species.

Plant species	Culture type	Taxol yeild	References
Taxus cuspidata	Callus culture in Shake flask	0.020 % DW	[47]
Taxus cuspidata	Callus culture in Shake flask	431 mg/L	[48]
Taxus brevifolia	Callus culture	0.01 % of the dry weight of the bark	[49]
Taxus media	Cell suspension	115.2 mg/L	[50]
Taxus x media	Hairy root culture	221.8 μg/L	[51]
Taxus chinensis	Cell culture in a bioreactor	612 mg/L	[52]
Taxus chinensis	Cell suspension culture in Fed batch conditions	900 mg/L	[53]
Taxus baccata	Cell culture with methyl jasmonate induction	295 mg/L	[43]
Taxus baccata	Cell suspension cultures immobilized within Ca2+ alginate beads in Stirred bioreactor	43.43 mg/L	[54]