Table 1. Effect of various elicitors on secondary metabolite production in plant in vitro cultures

Elicitors	Culture system	Plant species	Secondary metabolites (SM)	Reference
MeJA	HR	Hyoscyamos niger	Scopolamine and hyoscyamine	[17]
	CS	Vitis vinifera	trans-Resveratrol and stilbenes	[18]
	HR	Catharanthus roseus	Catharanthine	[19]
	CS	Artemisia annua	Artemisinin	[20]
	CS	Lavandula vera	Rosmarinic acid	[21]
	CS	Thevetia peruviana	Peruvioside	[22]
MeJA, JA	CS	Mentha x piperita	Rosmarinic acid	[8]
JA	CS	Vitis vinifera	Resveratrol	[23]
	CS	Calendula officinalis	Oleanolic acid	[9]
SA	CS	Corylus avellana	Paclitaxel	[24]
	CS	Linum album	Podophyllotoxin	[25]
	CS, HR	Hypericum spp.	Cadensin G; Paxanthone	[26]
	AR	Withania somnifera	Withanolide a, b; withaferin a and whitanone	[27]
	CS	Stephania venosa	Dicentrine	[28]
Yeast extract and fungal elicitors	HR	Fagopyrum tataricum	Rutin; quercetin	[14]
	CS	Silybum marianum	Silymarin	[29]
	CS	Gymnema sylvestre	Gymnemic acid	[30]
	HR	Ocimum basilicum	Rosmarinic acid	[31]
Chitosan and chitin	CS	Corylus avellana	Taxanes	[32]
	CS	Cistanche deserticola	Phenylethanoid glycoside	[16]
	CS	Vitis vinifera	Stilbenes; trans-resveratrol	[33]
	AR	Morinda citriflora	Total anthraquinones, phenolics and flavonoids	[34]
	HR	Artemisia annua	Artemisinin	[35]
Cyclodextrin	CS, HR	Taxus globosa	Taxanes	[36]
		Catharanthus roseus	Vindoline, catharanthine and ajmalicine	[37]
		Taxus media	Taxanes	[38]
		Catharanthus roseus	Ajmalicine	[39]
		Vitis vinifera	Trans-resveratrol	[18]

MeJA, methyl jasmonate; JA, jasmonic acid; SA, salicylic acid; CS, cell suspensions; HR, hairy roots; AR, adventitious roots.