Cultivo in vitro de tejidos vegetales de plantas de la familia amaryllidaceae.

Abstract

The plants family Amaryllidaceae has broad pharmaceutical interest due to its content of alkaloids with different therapeutic activities. From the alkaloids found in this family mainly stands galantamine, which is used for the palliative treatment of Alzheimer's disease. In Colombia, particularly in the Valle del Cauca, some of the species belonging to this family are threatened due to habitat destruction. It is therefore important to develop methodologies to preserve these species, using strategies such as the establishment of ex situ germplasm banks. The establishment of this germplasm bank can be achieved in a controlled manner, using in vitro culture techniques such as clonal propagation of plants, also called micropropagation.