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Progress, Challenges, and Standardization Pathways in the Isolation and Purification Techniques of Plant-Derived
Junle Lv1, Samia Muhammad Arif1, Ruonan Que1
1College of Life Sciences and Medicine, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou 310018, China.
Plants (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 13, 2026
Summary
Plant-Derived Vesicles (PDVs) show promise for drug delivery but face isolation challenges. This review evaluates methods and proposes strategies for standardized production and quality control of these natural nanostructures.
Area of Science:
- Biotechnology
- Nanotechnology
- Pharmacology
Background:
- Plant-Derived Vesicles (PDVs) are natural nanostructures with therapeutic potential.
- Current isolation and purification methods struggle with plant cell wall barriers and secondary metabolites, limiting scalability and purity.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review and evaluate mainstream PDV isolation technologies.
- To propose a plant organ-based isolation strategy.
- To explore standardized characterization and quality control for plant exosomes.
Main Methods:
- Evaluation of isolation methods across six dimensions: operational difficulty, cost, throughput, purity, yield, and vesicle integrity.
- Proposal of a plant organ-based isolation strategy.
- Exploration of standardized characterization and quality control protocols.
Main Results:
- Existing PDV isolation technologies face significant challenges in achieving both scalability and high purity due to physical barriers and interfering compounds.
- A systematic evaluation framework for PDV isolation methods is presented.
- Standardized characterization and quality control strategies are proposed.
Conclusions:
- Standardized production, robust quality control, and mechanistic studies are crucial for advancing PDV clinical applications.
- A plant organ-based isolation strategy may improve efficiency and purity.
- Establishing a technical framework is essential for reproducible research and development of PDVs.
