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Ethephon Enhancement of Secondary Metabolite Synthesis in Plant Cell Cultures
Author(s) -
Cho G. H.,
Kim D. I.,
Pedersen H.,
Chin CK.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
biotechnology progress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.572
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1520-6033
pISSN - 8756-7938
DOI - 10.1002/btpr.5420040309
Subject(s) - ethephon , secondary metabolite , metabolite , suspension culture , ethylene , cell culture , alkaloid , coffea arabica , chemistry , botany , biology , biochemistry , gene , genetics , catalysis
Addition of an ethylene precursor, ethephon, was studied in plant‐cell‐suspension cultures of Coffea arabica and Thalictrum rugosum as an enhancer of secondary metabolite production. In both cases the compound was able to stimulate alkaloid production, even though the biochemical pathways are widely different. This suggests that ethephon, or more directly ethylene, may be valuable in increasing secondary metabolite levels in a variety of cell‐suspension culture systems.