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Alkaloid production by hairy root cultures in Atropa belladonna

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Hairy roots were induced by inoculation of stems of sterile plants of Atropa belladonna with Agrobacterium rhizogenes. The axenic culture of the hairy roots isolated from the stems proliferated 60 fold as based on the initial fresh weight after one month of culture. The presence of atropine and scopolamine in hairy roots were examined by TLC and HPLC. Their amounts were analyzed by GLC. The results show that the amount of the two alkaloids in the axenic cultures was the same as or even higher than those of normal plants grown in the field.

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  1. Hiroshi Kamada

    Present address: Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Sakura-mura, 305, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

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  1. Gene Experiment Center, University of Tsukuba, Sakura-mura, 305, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

    Hiroshi Kamada

  2. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, 985 Higashimura-machi Aza Sanzo, 729-02, Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima-ken, Japan

    Nobuyuki Okamura

  3. Tsukuba Medicinal Plant Research Station, National Institute of Hygienic Sciences, 1 Hachimandai Yatabe-machi, Tsukuba-gun, 305, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

    Motoyoshi Satake & Koichiro Shimomura

  4. Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Sakura-mura, 305, Ibaraki-ken, Japan

    Hiroshi Harada

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Kamada, H., Okamura, N., Satake, M. et al. Alkaloid production by hairy root cultures in Atropa belladonna . Plant Cell Reports 5, 239–242 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00269811

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