A large portion of plant raw material available on the market is still produced through traditional methods: harvesting of wild populations, field and greenhouse cultivation. It is estimated that about 70% of plant collections are performed by destructive harvesting, leading to endangerment of wild populations*. Field and greenhouse cultivation use large amounts of water and often includes usage of pesticides. Plant raw material produced in this way can also have low and varying quality.
Plant Cell Cultivation is a sustainable method that enables continuous production, only requires a small part of one individual to build up a full population and therefore does not deplete the natural populations. No pesticides are used during production, and it uses less water as compared to field cultivation. It is a continuous cultivation with full traceability and control, and is not affected by variations in weather or seasonal changes. Cell cultures are also often produced much faster and at a higher quality as compared with traditional cultivation in field. It also enables production of specific actives and to obtained an overall enriched production of metabolites.
We perform a Scientific Plant Selection, where the plants are assessed and selected based on biological properties, ethnobotanical uses and scientific literature. Following this, we develop highly potent cells lines and use the Metabolic Enhancement Technology (MET) to provide the most powerful efficacy and highest content of actives. Each extract undergoes throughout evaluation through both in vitro and in vivo testing to validate their efficacy.
*Report of the Task Force on Conservation & Sustainable use of Medicinal Plants, Government of India, Planning Commission, 2000
