中文摘要：

本文概述了紫苏在开发利用、种质资源收集评价、栽培与生理、活性物质提取、组织培养、转基因及基因克隆表达分析等方面的国内外研究进展,以期为紫苏的深入研究和进一步开发应用提供参考,有效促进紫苏产业的发展。

英文摘要：

Perilla frutescens 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.