A plant cell is the structural unit of the plant body
· The plant cells consist of internal and external structures
· The internal structures (organelles) include;
§ The Nucleus
§ Nucleolus
§ Centrosome
§ Ribosomes
§ Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum
§ Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum
§ Golgi Complex (Golgi apparatus or Golgi body)
§ Mitochondria
§ Plastids
§ Proplastids
§ Etioplasts
§ Chloroplasts
§ Chromoplasts
§ Leucoplasts
§ Amyloplasts
§ Elaioplasts
§ Proteinoplasts
§ Statoliths
§ Nucleoids
§ Vacuoles
· The external structures are mainly the cell wall
References
Evans, W. C. (2009). Trease and Evans Pharmacognosy. India: Reed Elsevier Limited.