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A new airlift reactor was used to culture Catharanthus roseus cells, in which the draft tube was made up of polyurethane foam and acted as the immobilizing matrix. The reactor was connected in series to an adsorbent column with a neutral polymeric resin which absorbs these alkaloids. The synthesis of alkaloid was stimulated by adding the resin column and the total content of alkaloid secreted by cells reached 380 mg/L, which was 4.5 times of that in the control experiment. Meanwhile, most of the intracellular alkaloid produced by Catharanthus roseus was secreted into the medium.
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Yuan, Q., Xu, H. & Hu, Z. Two-phase culture for enhanced alkaloid synthesis and release in a new airlift reactor by Catharanthus roseus. Biotechnology Techniques 13, 107–109 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008838331838
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