Balandrin M F, Klocke J A, Wurtele E S, Bollinger W H
Science. 1985 Jun 7;228(4704):1154-60. doi: 10.1126/science.3890182.
Many higher plants produce economically important organic compounds such as oils, resins, tannins, natural rubber, gums, waxes, dyes, flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. However, most species of higher plants have never been described, much less surveyed for chemical or biologically active constituents, and new sources of commercially valuable materials remain to be discovered. Advances in biotechnology, particularly methods for culturing plant cells and tissues, should provide new means for the commercial processing of even rare plants and the chemicals they produce. These new technologies will extend and enhance the usefulness of plants as renewable resources of valuable chemicals. In the future, biologically active plant-derived chemicals can be expected to play an increasingly significant role in the commercial development of new products for regulating plant growth and for insect and weed control.
许多高等植物能产生具有重要经济价值的有机化合物，如油类、树脂、单宁、天然橡胶、树胶、蜡、染料、香料和香精、药物及杀虫剂。然而，大多数高等植物物种从未被描述过，更不用说对其化学或生物活性成分进行研究了，具有商业价值材料的新来源仍有待发现。生物技术的进步，特别是植物细胞和组织培养方法，应为甚至是稀有植物及其所产生的化学物质的商业加工提供新手段。这些新技术将扩展并提高植物作为有价值化学物质可再生资源的用途。未来，源自植物的生物活性化学物质有望在调控植物生长以及防治病虫害的新产品商业开发中发挥越来越重要的作用。
