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Production of ginsenoside saponins by culturing ginseng (Panax ginseng) embryogenic tissues in bioreactors

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Ginseng (Panax ginseng) embryogenic tissues were cultured in three types of reactors and the ginsenoside productivities in these tissues were compared. As a result, the saponin productivity was the best when an airlift reactor was used, and more than twice of that when a paddle or internal turbine reactor was used. The tissues grew 9 fold during 42 days, and the ginsenoside pattern resembled that of ginseng leaves.

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  1. Life Science Center, Iwaki Glass Co. Ltd., Gyoda 1-50-1, Funabashi-shi, 273, Chiba, Japan

    Isao Asaka & Ichio Ii

  2. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kitasato University, Minato-ku, 108, Tokyo, Japan

    Masao Hirotani, Yoshihisa Asada & Tsutomu Furuya

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Part 98 in the series ‘Studies on Plant Tissue Cultures’ For Part 97 see Orihara, Y., and Furuya, T., (1993) submitted for publication.

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Asaka, I., Ii, I., Hirotani, M. et al. Production of ginsenoside saponins by culturing ginseng (Panax ginseng) embryogenic tissues in bioreactors. Biotechnol Lett 15, 1259–1264 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00130308

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