Abstract
Coleus forskohlii hairy root cultures were found to produce forskolin and rosmarinic acid (RA) as the main metabolites. The growth and RA production by C. forskohlii hairy root cultures in various liquid media were examined. The hairy root cultures showed good growth in hormone-free Murashige and Skoog medium containing 3% (w/v) sucrose (MS medium), and Gamborg B5 medium containing 2% (w/v) sucrose (B5 medium). RA yield reached 4.0 mg (MS medium) and 4.4 mg (B5 medium) after 5 weeks of culture in a 100 ml flask containing 20 ml of each medium. Hairy root growth and RA were also investigated after treatment with various concentrations of yeast extract (YE), salicylic acid (SA) and methyl jasmonic acid (MJA). RA production in a 100 ml flask containing 20 ml B5 medium reached 5.4 mg (1.9 times more than control) with treatment of 0.01 or 1% (w/v) YE, 5.5 mg (2.0 times more than control) with treatment of 0.1 mM SA, and the maximum RA content with 9.5 mg per flask (3.4 times more than control) was obtained in the hairy roots treated with 0.1 mM MJA. These results suggest that MJA is an effective elicitor for production of RA in C. forskohlii hairy root cultures.
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Abbreviations
- B5 medium:
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Gamborg B5 medium containing 2% (w/v) sucrose
- MJA:
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methyl jasmonate
- MS medium:
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Murashige and Skoog medium containing 3% (w/v) sucrose
- NN medium:
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Nitsch and Nitsch’s medium containing 2% (w/v) sucrose
- RA:
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rosmarinic acid
- SA:
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salicylic acid
- WP medium:
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Woody plant medium containing 2% (w/v) sucrose
- YE:
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yeast extract
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Li, W., Koike, K., Asada, Y. et al. Rosmarinic acid production by Coleus forskohliihairy root cultures. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 80, 151–155 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-004-9541-x
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