IN VITRO GENERATION OF PHARMACEUTICALLY IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS USING SILVER NANOPARTICLES: A CONCISE REVIEWAnirban Paul, Hemanta Saha, Chandrik Malakar and Kalan MalAbstract Plant tissue culture plays an extremely important role in contemporary plant biotechnology due to its potential for mass production of enhanced crop varieties and high yield of significant secondary metabolites. Utilizing biotic and abiotic elements, several attempts have been made to increase the efficiency and output of plant tissue culture. Due to its efficacy in microbial cleaning and the increase of secondary metabolites, the use of nanoparticles as elicitors has recently attracted interest on a global scale. Nanoparticles are objects with a nanometric dimension; they have distinct physico-chemical characteristics. Among all nanoparticles, silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) are well-known for their antibacterial and hormetic properties, which, in the right doses, improved plant biomass and promoted the accumulation of secondary metabolites. The assessment of the application of nanotechnology to plant tissue culture is the main objective of this review. The emphasis is placed mostly on the augmentation of secondary metabolites, their impacts on plant development and biomass accumulation, as well as their potential mechanisms of action. |