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The major objectives of this study were to investigate an efficient rapid protocol for mass propagation of adventitious shoots of brahmi using semisolid and liquid cultures; and to assess the amount of bacoside A accumulated in the regenerated shoots. Leaf explants were grown in vitro on Murashige and Skoog semisolid medium supplemented with 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0 and 2.5 mg l−1 6-benzyladenine or kinetin (KN) or thidiazuron (TDZ) for 4 weeks. Adventitious shoots developed from leaf explants on all cytokinin supplemented media. After 4 weeks of incubation, leaf explants were split into two batches and one set was subcultured on semisolid medium and another set in liquid medium containing same concentration of cytokinins where they have come from. Highest rate of shoot regeneration was observed for explants cultured on medium with 2 mg l−1 KN. The fresh and dry weight of shoots was also highest with this treatment. Liquid cultures were found suitable for proliferation of shoots (155.6 shoots per explant) and they also favored highest biomass accumulation (8.60 g fresh and 0.35 g dry biomass). The bacoside A contents were determined in shoots using HPLC. Analysis revealed that, the contents were highest with shoots regenerated on medium supplemented with 2 mg l−1 KN. The amount of bacoside A was highest in the shoots regenerated in liquid medium (11.92 mg g−1 DW) and it was 2.2-fold higher compared to shoots grown on semisolid cultures.
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This work was partially financed by University Grants Commission (Special Assistance Program), Department of Science and Technology (FIST Program), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and National Medicinal Plant Board, New Delhi, India.
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Praveen, N., Naik, P.M., Manohar, S.H. et al. In vitro regeneration of brahmi shoots using semisolid and liquid cultures and quantitative analysis of bacoside A. Acta Physiol Plant 31, 723–728 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-009-0284-5
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