| abstract |
Method for the production of taxol and/or taxanes, comprising the steps of: a) inducing the formation of callus from a plant tissue explant, through in vitro culturing in a suitable nutritient medium, b) cultivating the callus in a liquid medium to obtain a cell suspension culture capable of producing taxol and/or taxanes, c) recovering the taxol and/or the taxanes from the cells and/or from the culture medium of the cell suspension obtained from the callus in which the tissue explant is obtained from a plant of the genus Corylus , in particular Corylus avellana. |