Saponin production by hairy root cultures of Panax ginseng CA Meyer: Influence of PGR and polyamines

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 309-312

  Hwang, Sung Jin ^a   Kim, Kwang Soo ^b   Pyo, Byoung Sik ^a   Hwang, Baik ^b  

^a Dongshin University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Panax ginseng; PGR (plant growth regulator); Polyamines; Saponin production

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844287262     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02933759     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Balandrin, M. J. and J. A. Klock (1988) Medicinal, aromatic and industrial materials from plants. p. 1-36 In: I. Y. Bajaj (ed.) Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, 4. Medicinal and aromatic plants. Springer-Verlag. Berlin.
2. Flores, H. E. (1992) Plant roots as chemical factories. Chem & Ind. 10: 374-377.
3. Toivonen, L. (1993) Utilization of hairy root cultures for production of secondary metabolites. Biotechnol. Prog. 9: 12-20.
4. Salisbury, F. B. and C. W. Ross (1992) Plant physiology, Wadsworth, California, pp. 400-401.
5. Robbers, J. E., M. K. Speedie, and V. E. Tyler (1996) Pharmacognosy and Pharmacobiotechnology. p. 56-57 Williams & Wilkins. Baltimore.
6. Tanaka, O. (1989) Saponin composition of Panax species. p. 43-47 In: S. Shivata, Y. Ohtsuka, H. Saito (eds.) Recent Advances in Ginseng Studies. Hirokawa. Tokyo.
7. Murashige, T. and F. Skoog (1962) Revised nedium for rapid growth and bioassay with tobacco tissue culture. Physiol. Plant. 15: 473-479.
8. Ko, K. S., I. O. Heo, J. S. Ko, and W. J. Lee (1990) Ginsenoside production by hairy root cultures of Panx ginseng transformed with Agrobacterium rhizogenes. Kor. J. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 5: 263-268.
9. Furuya, T., T. Yoshikawa, Y. Orihara, and H. Oda (1983) Saponin production in cell suspension cultures of Panax ginseng. Planta Med. 48: 83-87.
10. Inomata, S., M. Yokoyama, Y. Kozu, T. Shimizu, and M. Yanagi (1993) Growth pattern and ginsenoside production of Agrobacterium-transformed Panax ginseng roots. Plant Cell Rep. 12: 681-686.
11. Sato, K., T. Yamazaki, E. Okuyama, K. Yoshihira, and K. Shimomura (1991) Anthroquinone production by transformed root cultures of Rubia tinctorum. Phytochemistry 30: 1507-1509.
12. Liu, C. Z., Y. C. Wang, F. Ouyang, H. C. Ye, and G. F. Li (1997) Production of artemisinin by hairy root cultures of Artemisia annua L. Biotechnol. Lett. 19: 927-929.
13. Rhodes M. J., A. J. Parr, A. GiuLietti, and E. L. Aird (1994) Influence of exogenous hormones on the growth and secondary metabolite formation in transformed root cultures. Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult. 38: 143-151.
14. Lindsey K. and M. M. Yeomann (1983) The relation between growth rate, differentiation and alkaloid accumulation in cell cultures. J. Exp. Bot. 34: 1055-1065.
15. Desai, H. V. and A. R. Metha (1985) Changes in polyamine levels during shoot formation, root formation, and callus induction in cultured Passiflora leaf disc. J. Plant Physiol. 119: 45-53.
16. Chriqui, D., D. D'Orazi, and N. Bagni (1986) Ornithine and arginine decarboxylase and polyamine involvement during in vivo differentiation and in vitro dedifferentiation of Datura innoxia leaf explants. Physiol. Plant. 68: 589-596.
17. Biondi, S., T. Diaz, I. Iglesias, G. Gamberini, and N. Bagni (1990) Polyamines and ethylene in relation to advantitious root formation in Prunus avium shoot cultures. Physiol. Plant. 78: 474-483.
18. Friedman, R., A. Altman, and U. Bachrach (1982) Polyamines and root formation in mung bean hypocotyl cutting. I. Effect of exogenous compounds and changes in endogenous polyamine content. Plant Physiol. 70: 844-848.
19. Yoshika, T., Yamagata, H., Ithoh, A., Deno, H., Fujita, Y., and Yamada, Y. (1989) Effect of exogenous polyamines on tropane alkaloid production by a root culture of Duboisia myoporoides. Planta Med. 55: 523-524.
20. Wink, M. (1985) Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plant Cell Cultures, p. 107-116 In: K. H. Neumann, W. Barz, and E. Reinhard (eds.) Springer-Verlag. Heidelberg.