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Improved menthol production from chitosan-elicited suspension culture of Mentha piperita

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The optimum concentration of chitosan to menthol production by Mentha piperita cells cultured in shake flasks was 200 mg/l, which gave 166 mg menthol/l after 12 days. Chitosan elicitation may activate the conversion of pulegone to menthol.

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  1. Department of Food Science and Technology and Research Center for New-Biomaterials in Agriculture, Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea

    Jun Hyong Chang, Joong Han Shin & Hyong Joo Lee

  2. Department of Genetic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Suwon, Korea

    In Sik Chung

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Chang, J.H., Shin, J.H., Chung, I.S. et al. Improved menthol production from chitosan-elicited suspension culture of Mentha piperita. Biotechnology Letters 20, 1097–1099 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005396924568

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