Smita Srivastava

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of various physicochemical parameters on the removal efficiency of azo dye reactive red 120 from wastewaters by sunflower hairy roots was investigated, and a combinatorial study with all the optimized parameters was performed in the dye concentration range of 20-110mg L−1 to determine the synergistic effect, if any, of all the physicochemical parameter on the kinetics of the dye removal.

TL;DR: The only commercial way to produce biopesticide azadirachtin has been extraction from the seeds of Azadirachta indica (Neem) and present study aims to establish plant cell technology as an alternative to this conventional method.

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that productivity enhancement strategies like bioprocess optimisation and metabolic engineering (developed separately in parallel) for a given system can be combined to achieve maximum productivity in lesser time and cost than a relay system of optimization in long-duration plant cell cultivations.

TL;DR: In this paper, 132 endophytic fungal strains were isolated from different plant parts (leaf, petiole, stem and bark) of Nothapodytes nimmoniana, out of which 94 were found to produce camptothecin in suspension culture.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the current developments in bioprocess optimization and metabolic engineering strategies culminated with a discussion on bioreactor design for the in vitro production of camptothecin via plant cell biofactories.