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This work aimed to optimize statistically the culture medium composition for cell plant suspension culture using as a model Capsicum baccatum L. var. pendulum cells. The cell growth was maximized as well as the secondary metabolite yields with antioxidant activity, which could find applications in pharmaceutical and food industries. A Box–Behnken statistical design was utilized to optimize the basal Murashige and Skoog medium, which is widely used in plant cell culture. Three relevant ingredients, saccharose (A, 15–45 g L−1), KH2PO4 (B, 0.085–0.255 g L−1) and KNO3 (C, 0.95–2.85 g L−1) were considered. The cell growth index as well as antioxidant activity, total phenolic compounds and flavonoids from dry extracts (DE) derived of cell cultures, were determined. Growth index (GI) and flavonoids content (F) were sensitive to the changes in nutrient composition in culture medium, and they were modeled statistically according to modified quadratic (\({\text{GI}}=1.76+0.59{\text{A}} - 0.32{\text{B}} - 0.42{\text{AC}}\)) and two-factor interaction \(\left( {{\text{F}}\left( {{\text{mg of rutin}}/{\text{g DE}}} \right) = 0.88 + 0.35{\text{AC}} - 0.29{\text{BC}}} \right)\) models, respectively. Antioxidant activity and total polyphenols were independent of the nutrient concentrations within the range under study. The optimized culture medium composition was defined for two approaches: maximization of the cell growth (45 g L−1 saccharose, 0.09 g L−1 KH2PO4, 0.95 g L−1 KNO3) and maximization of flavonoids production (45 g L−1 saccharose, 0.09 g L−1 KH2PO4, 2.85 g L−1 KNO3). According to the current results, other elicitation strategies should be assessed to make this bioprocess more efficient for manufacturing secondary metabolites with antioxidant activity from suspension culture of Capsicum baccatum L. var. pendulum cells.
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The first author would like to thank Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo/Brazil (FAPESP) for Master’s fellowship (2014/26997-4) and scientific teams from Laboratório de Biotecnologia Vegetal, Laboratório de Fitoterápicos e Produtos Naturais (FITOLAB), and Laboratório de Bioprocessos (UNESP, Campus Assis). The corresponding author gratefully acknowledges his wife, Relma, and daughters, Giovanna and Paola, for the inspiration to write this manuscript.
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EGFN, MRB, and RMGS conceived and designed the research. TF, GAAP, TRH, and RBG conducted experiments. EGFN analyzed data statistically and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors contributed to wrote the final version of the manuscript, read and approved the submitted text.
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Fidemann, T., de Araujo Pereira, G.A., Heluy, T.R. et al. Handling culture medium composition for optimizing plant cell suspension culture in shake flasks. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult 133, 137–146 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-017-1368-3
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