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Antioxidative enzymes activities and accumulation of steroids in hairy roots of Trigonella

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Steroidal sapogenins and phytosterols are a group of secondary metabolites which are very considerable in the pharmaceutical industry. Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) is the good source of these compounds. In recent decades, there is a great interest to production of these compounds by cultivation of transformed roots. In present study, hairy roots induction in two Trigonella species (T. foenum-graeceum, T. monantha) with three strains of Agrobacterium rhizogenes (15,834, A4 and wt) was investigated. Transgenic status of roots was confirmed by PCR using rolB specific primers. Virulence of these strains was examined on explants of leaf, leaf cotyledone and hypocotyle in both species. The best strain was wt for hairy root induction in hypocotyle and leaf explants of T. foenum-graeceum and T. monantha. Significant quantitative differences were showed between shoot, root and hairy roots in both species. Protein content in root and hairy root of both species was significantly lower in comparison with shoot. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POX) activities in hairy roots of both species were higher as compared to other organs. The hairy roots of both species showed an ability to synthesize steroidal sapogenins. These results presented that hairy roots could be a suitable procedure for producing sapogenins compounds that have medicinal value in Trigonella.

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We appreciate financial supports provided by Iran National Science Foundation (Project No. 90003944).

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Kohsari, S., Rezayian, M., Niknam, V. et al. Antioxidative enzymes activities and accumulation of steroids in hairy roots of Trigonella. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 26, 281–288 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-019-00753-6

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