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Salicylic Acid Enhances Jaceosidin and Syringin Production in Cell Cultures of Saussurea medusa

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Addition of 20  μM salicylic acid to Saussurea medusa cell cultures at day 6 resulted in jaceosidin and syringin productions up to 95 mg l−1 and 631 mg l−1 which were, respectively, about 2.5- and 2.7-fold higher than in the control. The biomass was increased from 8 to 12 g l−1. Expression of chalcone synthase gene (chs) increased sharply after 12 h treatment and was sustained up to 48 h; chalcone isomerase gene (chi) expression reached a peak at 24 h and decreased after 48 h; and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity increased by 7.5-fold (96 U mg−1 protein) higher than in the control after 24 h. These results indicate that salicylic acid enhances the production of jaceosidin and syringin which is accompanied by induction of the related phenylpropanoid biosynthetic enzymes.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Prof. Zhong-Jian Jia (Lanzhou University, Lanzhou city, Gansu province, China) and Prof. Ming-Yan Chen (Jilin entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureau, Changchun, China) for jaceosidin and syringin standard samples. The research was supported by the National Science Foundation of China (No. 30472158).

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  1. Key Laboratory for Photosynthesis and Environmental Molecular Physiology, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 20 Nanxincun, Xiangshan, Beijing, 100093, China

    Zhen-Zhen Yu, Chun-Xiang Fu, Yong-Xing Li & De-Xiu Zhao

  2. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China

    Zhen-Zhen Yu, Chun-Xiang Fu, Yong-Xing Li & De-Xiu Zhao

  3. Department of Psychiatry, Douglas Hospital Research Centre, McGill University, 6875 Boulevard LaSalle, H4H 1R3, Montreal, Que., Canada

    Ying-Shan Han

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Yu, ZZ., Fu, CX., Han, YS. et al. Salicylic Acid Enhances Jaceosidin and Syringin Production in Cell Cultures of Saussurea medusa . Biotechnol Lett 28, 1027–1031 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-006-9035-5

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