Increased Secondary Product Formation in Plant Cell Suspension Cultures after Treatment with a Yeast Carbohydrate (Elicitor)

• A carbohydrate fraction isolated from yeast extract by ethanolic precipitation was used as an elicitor to induce secondary product formation in plant cell suspension cultures. The elicitor preparation is effective in inducing glyceollin isomer synthesis (up to 200 μg glyceollin per g dry wt) in cells of Glycine max and enhancing berberine biosynthesis (up to four-fold) in cells of Thalictrum rugosum. The response of the cell cultures to the elicitor treatment is dependent on the amount of carbohydrate per unit of biomass and on the physiological state of the cells. Cells are optimally induced in late exponential or early stationary growth phases. 

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Biologi -- Biokemi och molekylärbiologi (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Biological Sciences -- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (hsv//eng)

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Biochemistry

Biokemi

Biochemistry

Biokemi

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