The product which accumulate in plant cell cultures due to elicitation due to elicitation may be antimicrobial in nature, but they shoud not be confused with phytoalexins unless there is sufficient proof that the source plant respond to pathogens with rapid accumulation of the same
product. Therefore a new term that has been coined for those compounds, Which in cell cultures are inducible by way of elicitation is "Elicitation product" or "Elicitation metabolite". Elicitors can be regarded as substitute of production media (optimum cultural conditions). optimum employment of elicitors depends upon:
Elicitor specificity
Elicitor concentration
Duration of elicitor contact
Elicitor of cell line (Clones)
Time course of elicitation
Growth stage of culture
Growth regulation and Nutrient composition.