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ReviewBiology2026

Bioreactor Technology for Medicinal Plant In Vitro Cultures: Systems, Applications, and Future Perspectives.

Shuang Zhang, Meibing Ma, Ying Liu, Heng Jiang, Jie Gao, Quan Yang, Kunhua Wei

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Review in Biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Shuang ZhangKey Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Production & Development of Cantonese Medicinal Materials, Guangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station of National Industrial Technology System for Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Good Agricultural Practice & Comprehensive Development for Cantonese Medicinal Materials, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Meibing MaFusui Livestock Breeding Farm, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chongzuo 532200, China.
Ying LiuKey Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Production & Development of Cantonese Medicinal Materials, Guangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station of National Industrial Technology System for Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Good Agricultural Practice & Comprehensive Development for Cantonese Medicinal Materials, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Heng JiangKey Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Production & Development of Cantonese Medicinal Materials, Guangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station of National Industrial Technology System for Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Good Agricultural Practice & Comprehensive Development for Cantonese Medicinal Materials, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0009-0002-2080-0710
Jie GaoKey Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Production & Development of Cantonese Medicinal Materials, Guangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station of National Industrial Technology System for Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Good Agricultural Practice & Comprehensive Development for Cantonese Medicinal Materials, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Quan YangKey Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Production & Development of Cantonese Medicinal Materials, Guangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station of National Industrial Technology System for Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Good Agricultural Practice & Comprehensive Development for Cantonese Medicinal Materials, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7816-8362
Kunhua WeiKey Laboratory of State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Production & Development of Cantonese Medicinal Materials, Guangzhou Comprehensive Experimental Station of National Industrial Technology System for Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Good Agricultural Practice & Comprehensive Development for Cantonese Medicinal Materials, School of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.

Funding

Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Program Project: Project for the Establishment of a Germplasm Resource Base and Repository for Southern Chinese Medicinal Herbs in Northern Guangdong 2024B1212060006Guangzhou Science and Technology Program Project: Research and Application of Key Technol-ogies for High-Quality Seedling Propagation and Cultivation of Bletilla striata 2025B03J0003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bioreactor technology for medicinal plants provides a controllable platform for the conservation of rare and endangered resources, the production of high-value-added active ingredients, and green manufacturing of traditional Chinese medicine. Focusing on in vitro culture systems of medicinal plants, this article systematically reviews the application progress of stirred-tank, airlift, bubble column, wave-mixed, spray-type, temporary immersion, and photobioreactors in the culture of suspension cells, adventitious roots, hairy roots, shoots, and somatic embryos. Different from existing studies that mainly list reactor types, this review further provides a comprehensive analysis from the perspectives of physiological characteristics of the cultured objects, mass transfer and shear environment, medium and elicitor regulation, inoculation density, culture cycle, representative cases, and industrialization limitations. The results indicate that bioreactors can shorten production cycles, improve environmental controllability, and enhance product quality consistency; however, their large-scale application remains constrained by scale-up stability, metabolic fluctuations, downstream processing costs, GMP quality control, and commercial feasibility. Future research should shift from merely pursuing increased yield to integrated process development that is scalable, verifiable, low-cost, and quality-controllable.

Indexed as

bioreactorindustrializationin vitro culturemedicinal plantssecondary metabolites

Identifiers

PMID42450573
PMCPMC13360316

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