Abstract
2-(2-Phenylethyl) chromones are the major constituents responsible for the quality of agarwood, which is one of the most valuable non-timber products used as incenses, perfumes, traditional medicines and other products. In this study, cell suspension culture of Aquilaria sinensis (Lour) Gilg was used to monitor the eliciting effects of crude fungal extracts on cell growth and chromones production. Crude extracts of Melanotus flavolivens (B. etc) Sing. prepared with different solvents were used to elicit the production of 2-(2-phenylethyl) chromones in cell suspension cultures of A. sinensis. Four 2-(2-phenylethyl) chromones,␣6,7-dimethoxy-2-(2-phenylethyl) chromone (1), 6,7-dimethoxy-2-[2-(4′-methoxyphenyl)ethyl] chromone (2), 6-methoxy-2-[2-(4′-methoxyphenyl)ethyl] chromone (3) and 6-methoxy-2-(2-phenylethyl) chromone␣(4),␣were detected by LC–MS in the cell suspension culture of A. sinensis elicited with crude extracts of M. flavolivens. Three hundred and seventy eight, 196 and 31 μg g−1 DW of 2-(2-phenylethyl) chromones were obtained in the cell cultures induced by water extracts, 50 and 95% ethanol extracts of M. flavolivens, respectively. The results show that water-soluble materials in the crude extracts are the main components inducing the production of 2-(2-phenylethyl) chromones in the cell cultures.
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Abbreviations
- NAA:
-
1-naphthalene acetic acid
- BA:
-
benzyladenine
- DW:
-
dry weight
- FW:
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fresh weight
- HPLC :
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high performance liquid chromatography
- LC–MS:
-
liquid chromatography–mass spectrum
- MS :
-
Murashige and Skoog’s medium
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Qi, SY., He, ML., Lin, LD. et al. Production of 2-(2-phenylethyl) Chromones in Cell Suspension Cultures of Aquilaria sinensis . Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 83, 217–221 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-005-5479-x
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