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Transformation in Duboisia spp.

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Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering III

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 22))

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The genus Duboisia consists of three species, Duboisia leichhardtii F. Muell, D. myoporoides R. Br., and D. hopwoodii F. Muell. Duboisia species are woody plants and the former two species produce the largest amounts of tropane alkaloids among the Solanaceae, which includes the other alkaloid-producing plants Atropa, Datura, Hyoscyamus and Scopolia. The major alkaloids present in D. leichhardtii and D. myoporoides are scopolamine and hyoscyamine, important compounds that have been used as spasmolytics and anesthetics. The third species, D. hopwoodii, produces mainly nicotine and nornicotine, both of which are nicotine alkaloids normally found in tobacco plants. Both tropane and nicotine alkaloids are synthesized mainly in the roots of these three species.

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Mano, Y. (1993). Transformation in Duboisia spp.. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Plant Protoplasts and Genetic Engineering III. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 22. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78006-6_17

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