Abstract
This research project aimed to study the eliciting effect of different concentrations of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) (0.0, 25, 50, 75 µM L−1) on the production of furanocoumarins (psoralen and bergapten) by harvested cells of batch cultures of Ruta graveolens L. grown in liquid Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 2.0 mg L−1 2,4-Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) combined with 0.5 mg L−1 Kinetin (Kin), during three incubation periods (7, 14 and 21 days). The highest concentration of Psoralen recorded was 3.220 mg g−1 in the nutritional medium in a culture treated with 25 µM L−1 MeJA after 21 days incubation. Bergapten reached its highest concentration of 8.223 mg g−1 in the medium after 21 days incubation in a culture treated with 50 µM L−1 MeJA. Harvested cells showed a different picture, Psoralen highest concentration (3.495 mg g−1) was achieved after 14 days incubation in a culture treated with 75 µM L−1 MeJA, while the highest concentration of bergapten (7.110 mg g−1) was recorded after 21 days of incubation with 50 µM L−1 MeJA. These data support the potential use of cell suspension cultures as an alternative source for the field plants in the production of furanocoumarins from Ruta graveolens.
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Cell Suspension cultures are an excellent alternative source for field plants in the production of secondary metabolites from Ruta graveolens.
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Abbreviations
- MS:
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Murashige and Skoog
- Kin:
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Kinetin
- 2,4-D:
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2,4- Dichlorophenoxy acetic acid
- MeJA:
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Methyl jasmonate
- RPM:
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Revolution per minute
- FLCC:
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Fast Liquid Column Chromatography
- P:
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Psoralen
- B:
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Bergapten
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Ahmad, T.A., Al-Mahdawe, M.M. & Nadir, D.S. Effect of methyl jasmonate on the production of furanocoumarins in cell suspension cultures of Ruta graveolens L. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 143, 565–571 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-020-01941-z
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