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On the quality of the volatile oil in micropropagated peppermint
Author(s) -
Holm Yvonne,
Hiltunen Raimo,
Jokinen Kari,
Tormala Timo
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
flavour and fragrance journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.393
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1099-1026
pISSN - 0882-5734
DOI - 10.1002/ffj.2730040210
Subject(s) - menthol , chemistry , shoot , essential oil , gas chromatography , botany , composition (language) , menthone , horticulture , food science , chromatography , biology , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
Abstract Mentha x plperita L. plants were regenerated from shoot tip cultures, cultivated in the field and their volatile oil composition was studied by headspace gas chromatography (HSGC). For initiation of shoots in vitro , MS‐medium was used. The effect of 11 different hormone combinations, and MS‐medium without hormones were tested in this phase. From these media three were selected for the multiplication experiments. The plants regenerated from these experiments were grown in the field in 1986 and 1987 and the composition of the volatile oil was analysed during the growing season. During the first year the micro propagated plants had a higher content of menthol than vegetative lay propagated plants from the same stock plant, but in the second year the menthol content was about the same in both the micro propagated plants and the vegetatively propagated plants.