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In vitro rosmarinic acid accumulation in sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.)
Spiridon Kintzios1, Olga Makri, Emmanuil Panagiotopoulos
1Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855, Botanikos, Athens, Greece. skin@aua.gr
Biotechnology Letters
|July 29, 2003
Abstract:
Leaf-derived suspension cultures of sweet basil, Ocimum basilicum L. accumulated rosmarinic acid up to 10 mg g(-1) dry wt, a value up to 11 times higher than in callus cultures or in leaves of donor plants. Immobilized cells accumulated less than 15 microg rosmarinic acid g(-1).