Abstract
Brahmi (Bacopa monnieri) is an important medicinal plant mainly used for the treatment of neurological disorders and depression. Recent investigations revealed that bacoside A is major chemical component shown to be responsible for memory facilitating action of brahmi. The current investigation was carried out to assess the potential for increasing biomass and the concentration of bacoside A in the in vitro regenerated shoots by varying sucrose and pH levels of shoot regeneration medium. The leaf explants were cultured on the Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 2 mg l−1 kinetin (KN) and with varying concentrations of sucrose (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6% at pH 5.8) and pH (4.5, 5.0, 5.5, 6.0 and 6.5 with 2% sucrose) with the objective of verifying the effects of sucrose and pH level on shoot regeneration and to verify the accumulation of bacoside A in the regenerated shoots. The shoot biomass increased (150.50 ± 2.84 shoots per explant, fresh wt 6.31 ± 0.12 g and dry wt 250 ± 5.00 mg) on the medium supplemented with 2% sucrose and pH which was set at 4.5. The results of HPLC analysis indicate that increase in sucrose concentration (0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6% at pH 5.8) lead to decrease in the bacoside A content (39.51, 22.43, 13.05, 12.17, 10.73, 9.56 and 8.93 mg g−1 dry wt, respectively) in regenerated shoots. These findings provide evidence that stressful condition of inadequate supply of carbon elevated synthesis of bacoside A in brahmi shoots. However, 2% sucrose is found suitable for biomass accumulation. Therefore, medium supplemented with 2% sucrose and pH set at 4.5 was found suitable for both biomass (6.31 ± 0.12 g fresh wt and 250 ± 5.00 mg dry wt) and bacoside A accumulation (13.09 mg g−1 dry wt).
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This work was partially financed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research [No. 38(1098)/04/EMR-II] and University Grants Commission [(F. No. 33-188/2007 (SR)], New Delhi, India.
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Naik, P.M., Manohar, S.H., Praveen, N. et al. Effects of sucrose and pH levels on in vitro shoot regeneration from leaf explants of Bacopa monnieri and accumulation of bacoside A in regenerated shoots. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 100, 235–239 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-009-9639-2
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