Unique Advantages of ROOTec's Technology
One of the most important aspects of ROOTec's technology is that is allows to harness the biochemical potential and properties of plants without threat to wild populations. This is not only essential to preserve the world's biodiversity, but also ensures the sustainable availability of the sometimes unique source of a compound. The hairy root cultures (HRCs) can be maintained for decades, providing a renewable stock for the necessary re-supply into the cultivation and production process.
ROOTec's technology offers the following benefits to its customers:
- Production of phytochemical compounds in pharma quality in a sterile, confined and controlled environment
- No contamination (pesticides, heavy metals, dioxins)
- Rapid set-up of production process compared to field cultivation and chemical semi or total synthesis
- Production of high-value compounds at competitive cost compared with conventional production
- Genetically stable clonal lines for production
- Innovation: Access to compounds from rare and/or unexplored plants
- In line with the convention of RIO 1992: Avoid exploitation, protect rare species
