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Production of chrysanthemic acid and pyrethrins by tissue cultures ofChrysanthemum cinerariaefolium

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Tissue cultures ofChrysanthemum cinerariaefolium were established, and then used to study the production of pyrethrin insecticides, and their precursor chrysanthemic acid. Callus cultures and root-differentiated cultures did not contain pyrethrins whereas shoot differentiated callus was found to produce the pyrethrins. Chrysanthemic acid was isolated by extraction from callus cultures, and feeding14C-labelled chrysanthemic acid to a cell suspension ofC. cinerariaefolium established that the acid accumulates largely as a glucoside ester.

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Abbreviations

MS:

Murashige and Skoog (1962) medium

2,4-D:

2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid

1AA:

Indoleacetic acid

BAP:

6-Benzylaminopurine

GC-MS:

Gas chromatography - mass spectrometry

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  1. Department of Chemistry, The University, NG7 2RD, Nottingham, UK

    Joseph S. H. Kueh, Ian A. MacKenzie & Gerald Pattenden

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  1. Joseph S. H. Kueh
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Communicated by B. J. Miflin

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Kueh, J.S.H., MacKenzie, I.A. & Pattenden, G. Production of chrysanthemic acid and pyrethrins by tissue cultures ofChrysanthemum cinerariaefolium . Plant Cell Reports 4, 118–119 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00571294

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