Perilla frulescens is an edible and officinal oil crop with various uses. It was widely exploited in medicine, foodstuff and industry. To the object of promoting perilla industrialization and providing references for its further investigation, we summarized the worldwide research progresses referring to exploitation and utilization, physiology and cultivation, active substance extraction and biological technology including tissue culture, gene transfer, gene cloning and expression.
Perilla frutescensGermplasm resourcePhysiology and cultivationActive substance extractionTissue cultureGene cloningTransgene