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Effect of polysaccharide elicitors on the production of decursinol angelate inAgelica gigas Nakai root cultures

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Root cultures ofAngelica gigas Nakai were found to be sensitive to elicitation by polysaccharide elicitors, such as methyl-β-cyclodextrin, glucan, carboxymethyl-β-chitin, chitosan, yeast extract and pectin. For the production of decursinol angelate, carboxymethyl-β-chitin and glucan were found to be the most efficient elicitors. The enhanced accumulation of decursinol angelate was proportional to the increase of the phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) activity after the treatment with most of the elicitors. However, carboxymethyl-β-chitin treatment did not stimulate the PAL activity, despite the 1.6-fold increase in the decursinol angelate production.

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  1. Department of Biological Engineering and Center of Advanced Bioseparation Technology, Inha University, 402-751, Incheon, Korea

    Ji-Suk Cho, Ji-Yeon Kim & Dong-Il Kim

  2. Graduate School of Biotechnology, Korea University, 136-701, Seoul, Korea

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Cho, JS., Kim, JY., Kim, IH. et al. Effect of polysaccharide elicitors on the production of decursinol angelate inAgelica gigas Nakai root cultures. Biotechnol Bioproc E 8, 158–161 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02940273

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