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Autoclaved fungal mycelia increase diosgenin production in cell suspension cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea

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The addition of autoclaved mycelia of non-host specific fungi to cell suspension cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea improved diosgenin production by as much as 72% compared to control cultures. Phytoalexin elicitors laminarin, arachidonic acid and chitin added to D. deltoidea cultures had no stimulating effect on the diosgenin level.

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  1. Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology, Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, P.O.B. 1172, 91010, Jerusalem, Israel

    J. S. Rokem, J. Schwarzberg & I. Goldberg

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Rokem, J.S., Schwarzberg, J. & Goldberg, I. Autoclaved fungal mycelia increase diosgenin production in cell suspension cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea . Plant Cell Reports 3, 159–160 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00270213

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