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Liquid Culture Systems for in vitro Plant Propagation

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Chapter 41<br />

Optimisation of Panax g<strong>in</strong>seng liquid cell cultures <strong>for</strong><br />

biomass accumulation and g<strong>in</strong>senoside production<br />

C. Kevers 1* , G. Bare 2 , T. Gaspar 3 , P. Thonart 4 & J. Dommes 5<br />

1, 3, 5<br />

<strong>Plant</strong> Molecular Biology and Hormonology, Institute of Botany B 22, University of<br />

Liège, Sart Tilman, BE-4000 Liège, Belgium.<br />

*Correspond<strong>in</strong>g author: Fax: 32-4-366 38 72; E-mail: c.kevers@ulg.ac.be;<br />

2, 4<br />

CWBI, B 40, University of Liège, Sart Tilman, BE-4000 Liège, Belgium<br />

Abstract: Solid calli and derived liquid cell cultures were <strong>in</strong>itiated from one-year-old roots<br />

of Panax g<strong>in</strong>seng CA Meyer. Half-strength Murashige and Skoog medium supplemented<br />

classically with an aux<strong>in</strong> and a cytok<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong> did not appear favourable <strong>for</strong> biomass accumulation<br />

nor <strong>for</strong> a high g<strong>in</strong>senoside content. Changes <strong>in</strong> the levels of m<strong>in</strong>eral nutrients, sucrose and<br />

growth regulators were prelim<strong>in</strong>ary <strong>in</strong>vestigated here to improve growth and g<strong>in</strong>senoside<br />

production <strong>in</strong> liquid cultures. The hypothesis that g<strong>in</strong>seng cells released growth <strong>in</strong>hibitors <strong>in</strong><br />

the medium was not supported by the results obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> experiments <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g frequent<br />

transfers to fresh growth medium.<br />

Key words: aux<strong>in</strong>, benzo[b]selenienyl acetic acid, biomass, cytok<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>, g<strong>in</strong>seng, <strong>in</strong>oculum<br />

size, medium composition<br />

Abbreviations: BSAA – benzo[b]selenienyl acetic acid; 2,4-D – 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic<br />

acid; DW – dry weight; HPTLC – high per<strong>for</strong>mance th<strong>in</strong> layer chromatography; K<strong>in</strong> –<br />

k<strong>in</strong>et<strong>in</strong>; MS – Murashige and Skoog medium (1962); ZR - zeat<strong>in</strong> riboside<br />

1. Introduction<br />

Panax root has been used <strong>in</strong> Oriental medic<strong>in</strong>e s<strong>in</strong>ce ancient times. The<br />

crude root extract is known to have tonic, stimulatory and adaptogenic<br />

properties (Hu, 1976) due to the presence of a wide range of sapon<strong>in</strong>s and<br />

sapogen<strong>in</strong>s (Li, 1995). Recently, g<strong>in</strong>seng has become a popular tonic and<br />

health food complement <strong>in</strong> Western countries. There<strong>for</strong>e, the demand <strong>for</strong> the<br />

plant has <strong>in</strong>creased dramatically worldwide. G<strong>in</strong>seng is expensive because of<br />

its long-term conventional (5-7 years) and troublesome production cycle. As<br />

547<br />

A.K. Hvoslef-Eide and W. Preil (eds.), <strong>Liquid</strong> <strong>Culture</strong> <strong>Systems</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>vitro</strong> <strong>Plant</strong> <strong>Propagation</strong>, 547–555.<br />

© 2005 Spr<strong>in</strong>ger. Pr<strong>in</strong>ted <strong>in</strong> the Netherlands.

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