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Elicitor Induction of Secondary Metabolism in Dedifferentiated and Differentiated in Vitro Systems of Ruta graveolens

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Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plant Cell Cultures II

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In response to fungal elicitors dedifferentiated callus and suspension cultures of Ruta graveolens rapidly accumulate rutacridone epoxide (RE) and hydroxy-ru-tacridone epoxide (OH-RE; Eilert et al. 1984, Wolters and Eilert 1982). With their mode of accumulation (kinetics) and their antibiotic properties (Wolters and Eilert 1981) acridone epoxides fit very well the conditions postulated for a phytoalexin (Kuc 1972). The concept of phytoalexin induction, however, is a phytopathological one and thus inseparably linked to the differentiated plant. Consequently, to integrate the process into its plant physiological context, studies with differentiated Ruta graveolens plants are required.

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  1. Institut für Pharmazeutische Biologie, der Technischen Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstraße 1, D-3300, Braunschweig, Germany

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  1. Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council of Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OW9, Canada

    Wolfgang G. W. Kurz

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Eilert, U. (1989). Elicitor Induction of Secondary Metabolism in Dedifferentiated and Differentiated in Vitro Systems of Ruta graveolens . In: Kurz, W.G.W. (eds) Primary and Secondary Metabolism of Plant Cell Cultures II. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74551-5_24

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