ENHANCED SILYMARIN ACCUMULATION AS INFLUENCE OF MEDIUM COMPOSITION IN CELL SUSPENSION CULTURES OF Silybum marianum (L.) GAERTN. | ||||
Journal of Plant Production | ||||
Article 14, Volume 1, Issue 2, February 2010, Page 319-332 PDF (498.36 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/jpp.2010.86356 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Kawthar A. E. Rabie; Mona S. Abd El-Aal; H. H. Manaf | ||||
Agric. Botany Dept., Fac. of Agric., Ain Shams Univ., Shoubra El-Keima, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Silymarin production was examined in cell suspension cultures derived from hypocotyl of Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. MS medium supplemented with different concentrations of sucrose, glucose, KH2PO4, KH2PO4 + K2SO4, NH4NO3, CaCl2, L-Phenylalanine, L-Tyrosine and yeast extract was used. Tyrosine 10 mg/l, 0.5 KH2PO4 + K2SO4 con., 0.75 NH4NO3 con., 0.75 KH2PO4 + K2SO4 con., glucose 30 g/l, 0.5 CaCl2.2H2O, tyrosine 20 mg/l and yeast extract 40 mg/l (3 days incubation period) showed the highest production of silymarin in callus cells to reach 79%, 57.5%, 46%, 24.2%, 21.2%, 19.7%, 9.7% and 8.6% over the control respectively. The same trend was obtained by HPLC (qualitative assay). | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Silybum marianum; Silymarin; Cell suspension cultures | ||||
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