Journal of Biotechnology, Computational Biology and Bionanotechnology REVIEW PAPER Artemisia species in vitro cultures for production of biologically active secondary metabolites

An overview of recent studies conducted with the use of various plant tissues, organ culture and plant regene-ration of Artemisia species is presented in this paper. Species that belong to this genus contain important secon-dary metabolites of diverse structure and biological activity. Owing to their valuable pharmacological properties, Artemisia species have been the object of various biotechnological studies. Different in vitro methods of Artemisia sp. culture are key to the production of these valuable compounds – especially sesquiterpene lactones – arte-misinin and arglabin – used as natural drugs. Key words: Artemisia, cultures in vitro, hairy roots, cultures in bioreactors, artemisinin, arglabi