Enrichment of Solanum khasianum Callus Generating Rootlets with Steroidal Glycoalkaloids

1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (7-8) ◽  
pp. 634-636 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandra K. Kokate ◽  
Samir S. Radwan

Abstract Undifferentiated callus cultures of Solanum khasianum contain only traces of steroidal glycoalkaloids, whereas cultures which have just started to generate rootlets contain these com pounds at a level of up to 5.2% of the dry weight. Only 0.34% steroidal glycoalkaloids occur in the seeds; they consist predominantly of solasonine and solanidine as well as traces of an unidentified com pound. Conversely, steroidal glycoalkaloids from tissue cultures starting organogenesis contain the unidentified com pound as a major fraction, in addition to small amounts of solasonine and solanidine.

Molecules ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (14) ◽  
pp. 3262
Author(s):  
Wojciech J. Szypuła ◽  
Beata Wileńska ◽  
Aleksandra Misicka ◽  
Agnieszka Pietrosiuk

This is the first report of an efficient and effective procedure to optimize the biosynthesis of huperzine A (HupA) and huperzine B (HupB) in vitro from Huperzia selago gametophytes. Axenic tissue cultures were established using spores collected from the sporophytes growing in the wild. The prothalia were obtained after 7–18 months. Approximately 90 up to 100% of the gametophytes were viable and grew rapidly after each transfer on to a fresh medium every 3 months. The best biomass growth index for prothallus calculated on a fresh (FW) and dry weight (DW) basis, at 24 weeks of culture, was 2500% (FW) and 2200% (DW), respectively. The huperzine A content in the gametophytes was very high and ranged from 0.74 mg/g to 4.73 mg/g DW. The highest yield HupA biosynthesis at >4 mg/g DW was observed on W/S medium without growth regulators at 8 to 24 weeks of culture. The highest HupB content ranged from 0.10 mg/g to 0.52 mg/g DW and was obtained on the same medium. The results demonstrate the superiority of H. selago gametophyte cultures, with the level of HupA biosynthesis approximately 42% higher compared to sporophyte cultures and 35-fold higher than when the alkaloid was isolated from H. serrata, its current source for the pharmaceutical industry. Moreover, the biosynthesis of HupB was several-fold more efficient than in H. selago sporophytes growing in the wild. HPLC-HR-MS analyses of the extracts identified eight new alkaloids previously unreported in H. selago: deacetylfawcettine, fawcettimine, 16-hydroxyhuperzine B, deacetyllycoclavine, annopodine, lycopecurine, des-N-methylfastigiatine and flabelline.


2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-42
Author(s):  
Anna M. Domańska ◽  
Aldona Rennert

The clones of excised roots, leaves, petioles, cotylenods, hypocotyls and root calluses derived from the respective carrot fragments (cv. 'Perfekcja' commonly cultivated in Poland) were cultured <i>in vitro</i>. An influence of thiamine concentrations on the growth of root tissue was examined. Several various media were tested for callus cultures. Bee bread extract was also applied. The growth of isolated clones during early and later culture periods was compared.


2020 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 938-943
Author(s):  
S. I. Neamah

This experiment was conducted to study the influence of cobalt concentrations on the production of seven flavonoid compounds in callus derived from Plantago psyllium L. and Plantago major L. Results showed that the best combination of 2,4-D and  kinetin concentrations add to Muroshige and Skoog medium to obtain the highest fresh weight of 541.0 mg was 3.0 and 1.0 mg.L-1 respectively. psyllium stimulated callus produced the highest fresh weight of 365.7 mg. The addition of 75 ppm of cobalt resulted in a significantly lower fresh weight of P. psyllium callus (139.8 mg). The interaction between Plantago species and cobalt concentrations was significant. The callus inducted from P. major had significant increases of the scutallarein, apigenin, nepetin and luteolin compounds with 26.40, 22.64, 14.93 and 26.20 µg.100mg-1 dry weight, respectively. The production of the hispidulin compound was increased in P. psyllium at 29.40 µg.100mg-1 dry weight. Also, the addition of cobalt metal stimulated the production of flavonoids at 50 ppm cobalt producing the highest amounts of hispidulin and luteolin at 40.30 and 41.60 µg.100mg-1 dry weight, respectively. Meanwhile, 75 ppm cobalt treatment produced the highest amount of scutallarein, apigenin, nepetin and aucubin at 25.61, 23.25, 15.90 and 13.70 µg.100mg-1 dry weight, respectively. The callus inducted from P. major treated with 50 ppm of cobalt showed the highest production of scutallarein, apigenin and luteolin at 30.33, 32.26 and 51.90 µg.100mg-1 dry weight respectively. Baicalein reached 16.46 µg.100mg-1 dry weight, at 75 ppm of cobalt metal treatment in callus inducted from P. psyllium.


1978 ◽  
Vol 56 (21) ◽  
pp. 2781-2784 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Eapen ◽  
T. S. Rangan ◽  
M. S. Chadha ◽  
M. R. Heble

Tissue cultures have been established from leaves of one anther-derived haploid plant of Atropa belladonna L. Regenerants obtained from callus cultures were transferred to soil and reared to maturity. Callus cells and regenerants exhibited variable degrees of ploidy. The frequency of different ploidy levels in both the systems did not vary significantly during fifth to eighth serial passages.Callus tissue and regenerated plants (at flowering stage) were analyzed to determine the concentration of tropine, atropine, scopolamine, and total alkaloids. While the alkaloid content in callus cultures was very low (0.8 × 10−3%), the regenerated plants contained different levels of individual and total alkaloids. The ploidy of the plant had direct bearing on the individual and total alkaloid contents.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 1787 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Asad Ullah ◽  
Duangjai Tungmunnithum ◽  
Laurine Garros ◽  
Samantha Drouet ◽  
Christophe Hano ◽  
...  

Lepidium sativum L. is a rich source of polyphenols that have huge medicinal and pharmaceutical applications. In the current study, an effective abiotic elicitation strategy was designed for enhanced biosynthesis of polyphenols in callus culture of L. sativum. Callus was exposed to UV-C radiations for different time intervals and various concentrations of melatonin. Secondary metabolites were quantified by using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Results indicated the total secondary metabolite accumulation of nine quantified compounds was almost three fold higher (36.36 mg/g dry weight (DW)) in melatonin (20 μM) treated cultures, whereas, in response to UV-C (60 min), a 2.5 fold increase (32.33 mg/g DW) was recorded compared to control (13.94 mg/g DW). Metabolic profiling revealed the presence of three major phytochemicals, i.e., chlorogenic acid, kaemferol, and quercetin, in callus culture of L. sativum. Furthermore, antioxidant, antidiabetic, and enzymatic activities of callus cultures were significantly enhanced. Maximum antidiabetic activities (α-glucosidase: 57.84%; α-amylase: 62.66%) were recorded in melatonin (20 μM) treated callus cultures. Overall, melatonin proved to be an effect elicitor compared to UV-C and a positive correlation in these biological activities and phytochemical accumulation was observed. The present study provides a better comparison of both elicitors and their role in the initiation of physiological pathways for enhanced metabolites biosynthesis in vitro callus culture of L. sativum.


1958 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-49
Author(s):  
S. Fedoroff ◽  
R. Altschul

In an attempt to elucidate the increase of growth promotion of tissue cultures by extracts obtained from tissues chilled before extraction, determinations of nitrogen content were made on (a) fresh, and chilled chick embryos, (b) extracts prepared from fresh and chilled chick embryos, (c) fresh and chilled human placenta, (d) extracts prepared from fresh and chilled human placenta.There was no difference in dry weight, nitrogen content, phosphorus content, and nitrogen: phosphorus ratio between chilled and fresh chick embryos and chilled and fresh human placenta. There was, however, a significant difference in the nitrogen content of the extracts prepared from fresh and from chilled tissues, It is suggested that chilling of tissues for 7 days at + 4 °C. prior to extraction may render the cells more easily destructible during extraction, and thus supply a better yield of nutritive substances.


2005 ◽  
Vol 29 (6) ◽  
pp. 1161-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Luis Coelho da Silva ◽  
Cecília Sulzbacher Caruso ◽  
Renato de Azevedo Moreira ◽  
Ana Cecília Góes Horta

Cotyledon explants were first cultured on MS medium supplemented with 4.52 M 2,4-D and 0.46 mM kinetin. The development of the calli was followed (0, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, 28 and 32 days after) and the growth curve was determined, based in fresh and dry weight. The growth curve presented sigmoidal form with four distinct phases. The highest growth percentage was observed at the exponential phase and the lowest at the stationary phase. These results indicated that cotyledon callus subculture should be performed 20 days after inoculation. The calli obtained after a period of 28 days were freeze dried, macerated and submitted to extraction with buffers of different pH values (2.6; 4.0; 6.0; 8.0 and 10.0) and the proteins in the extracts were determined by Bradford method. The pH 8.0 buffer was the most efficient to extract the largest amount of protein. The amino acid analyses calli showed a high content of aspartic acid and low content of metionin. The dynamics of protein synthesis in calli was followed by SDS-PAGE electrophoresis.


2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1934578X1601100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie Kašparová ◽  
Jiřina Spilková ◽  
Ladislav Cvak ◽  
Tomáš Siatka ◽  
Jan Martin

Callus cultures of Juniperus virginiana L. (varieties ‘Hetzii’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Grey Owl’) were derived from fresh leaves of garden-grown trees on Schenk and Hildebrandt medium supplemented with 3.0 mg/L of α-naphthaleneacetic acid, 0.2 mg/L of kinetin and 15 mg/L of ascorbic acid. The growth characteristics of one-year-old and two-years-old cultures were determined. The maximum biomass in all varieties was achieved on the 35th day of the cultivation period. The increase in fresh weights of two-years-old callus cultures, when compared with one-year-old callus cultures, was as follows: variety ‘Hetzii’ by 25%, variety ‘Glauca’ by 29% and variety ‘Grey Owl’ by 49%. J. virginiana suspension cultures (varieties ‘Hetzii’, ‘Glauca’, ‘Grey Owl’) were derived from two-years-old callus cultures on Schenk and Hildebrandt medium supplemented with 3.0 mg/L of α-naphthaleneacetic acid, 0.2 mg/L of kinetin and 15 mg/L of ascorbic acid. The maximum biomass of all varieties was found on the 21st day of the cultivation period. These results indicate that a sub-cultivation interval of 35 days for callus cultures and of 21 days for suspension cultures can be recommended. The callus and suspension cultures of J. virginiana of the variety ‘Glauca’ have the best survivability and thus provide the most biomass.


1974 ◽  
Vol 52 (11) ◽  
pp. 2361-2364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Calvin Chong ◽  
C. D. Taper

Growth of callus cultures from stem explants of Malus pumila, cultivars McIntosh and Cortland, and of M. robusta No. 5, and from cotyledon explants of McIntosh was compared on standard medium with sorbitol, sucrose, glucose, and fructose, each at concentrations of 3 and 6%, and on nine other carbon sources, each at 3% concentration. Fructose was generally the most effective of the 13 carbon sources tested, although depending on concentration and callus type, sorbitol, glucose, and sucrose were as effective as fructose. Sucrose, accumulating in quantities ranging between 40 and 87% of total carbohydrate, was the predominant carbohydrate constituent found in all cultures grown on both concentrations (3 and 6%) of sorbitol, sucrose, glucose, and fructose except those grown on 6% sorbitol, which accumulated between 68 and 75% sorbitol. Cultures grown on sugars at the higher concentration accumulated between 6 and 34% sorbitol, whereas in corresponding cultures grown at the lower concentration no sorbitol was detected.


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