Nutraceuticals Production from Plant Cell Factory

Part I: Theory and Technology 

1.      Nutraceutical compounds, classification and function         

2.      Plant cell culture utilization in bioactive compounds production     

3.      Scale up production of bioactive compounds using bioreactors       

4.      Factors affecting in vitro production of nutraceuticals        

Part 2: In vitro production of nutraceutical compounds5.      In vitro production of Polyphenols     



6.      In vitro production of Alkaloids         

7.      In vitro production of Coumarins      

8.      In vitro production of Terpenoids and Isopernoids    9.      In vitro production of Anthocyanins and Carotenoids           



10.  In vitro production of Saponins          

11.  In vitro production of Steroids

12.  In vitro production of Tocopherols     13.  In vitro production of Phytosterols    



14.  In vitro production of Quinones   

 Part 3: Strategic Advances and Challenges

15.  Mutagenesis and in vitro cell selection for enhanced production of nutraceuticals

Dr. Tarun Belwal, working at the College of Biosystems Engineering and Food Science, Zhejiang University, China, is exploring food science, plant nutraceutical potential, and human health, including the effect of food bioprocess techniques on its quality and other functional attributes. He is currently engaged in the development and promotion of safer and greener postharvest food bioprocess techniques, in vitro cell culture techniques, nano-technologies, extraction and separation techniques. Dr. Belwal received his Ph.D. (Plant Biotechnology) from Kumaun University in collaboration with G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, India. Prior to moving to ZJU, he has worked on the utilization of natural products as nutraceutical agents and examined its functional activities, development of in vitro cell culture and production of secondary metabolites and advanced extraction protocols, for which he has awarded by the prestigious 'Governor award for Best Research' by the Government of India, consequently for two years. He edited one book, published 50+ international research peer-reviewed articles and 7 book chapters. His total IF is more than 270, with citations more than 600. He is actively engaged as reviewer for several prestigious journals, named few as Food Chemistry, Industrial Crops & Products, Food Reviews International, Food Research International, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, Pharmacological Research, Bioresource Technology, Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology, South African Journal of Botany, Microbial Pathogenesis, and Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics. He has won several awards and also secure China Postdoctoral Science Foundation research grant as Project Investigator. He is an active member of European Society of Sonochemistry. He has a 10 years of research experience in nutraceutical research. His research interest lies in the design and development of various bioprocess