Secondary metabolite
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Secondary metabolites, also called specialised metabolites, secondary products, or natural products, are organic compounds produced by any lifeform, e.g. bacteria, archaea, fungi, animals, or plants,
Extraction of taxol from barks of Pacific Yew.
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Plant tissue culture Oncidium leucochilum.
Nicotine
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Nicotine is an alkaloid found primarily in plants of the nightshade family, notably in tobacco; it is also synthesized. Nicotine is used recreationally for its stimulant and anxiolytic effects. In tob
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