Open AccessElicitation based enhancement of secondary metabolites in Rauwolfia serpentina and Solanum khasianum hairy root cultures
Author(s) -
Mrinalini Srivastava,
Swati Sharma,
Pratibha Misra
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pharmacognosy magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0976-4062
pISSN - 0973-1296
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1296.185726
Subject(s) - solasodine , elicitor , ajmaline , apocynaceae , agrobacterium , botany , secondary metabolite , mannan , abiotic component , biology , secondary metabolism , biotransformation , chemistry , biochemistry , transformation (genetics) , polysaccharide , solanum , biosynthesis , enzyme , paleontology , neuroscience , gene
Rauwolfia serpentina and Solanum khasianum are well-known medicinally important plants contained important alkaloids in their different parts. Elicitation of these alkaloids is important because of associated pharmaceutical properties. Targeted metabolites were ajmaline and ajmalicine in R. serpentina; solasodine and α-solanine in S. khasianum.