Abstract
Root cultures of Angelica gigas Nakai were found to be sensitive to elicitation by polysaccharide elicitors, such as methyl-β-cyclodextrin, glucan, carboxymethyl-β-chitin, chitosan, yeast extract and pectin. For the production of decursinol angelate, carboxymethyl-β-chitin and glucan were found to be the most efficient elicitors. The enhanced accumulation of decursinol angelate was proportional to the increase of the phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activity after the treatment with most of the elicitors. However, carboxymethyl-β-chitin treatment did not stimulate the PAL activity, despite the 1.6-fold increase in the decursinol angelate production.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 158-161 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- Angelica gigas
- Decursinol angelate
- Elicitation
- Polysaccharide elicitor
- Root culture
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Bioengineering
- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
- Biomedical Engineering