Plant tissue cultures as a potential source of phenylpropanoids II.

1 ABSTRACT Charles University in Prague Faculty of pharmacy in Hradec Králové Department of pharmacognosy Student: Kateřina Šandová Supervisor: PharmDr. Marie Kašparová, PhD. Title of diploma thesis: Plant tissue cultures as a potential source of phenylpropanoids II. This diploma thesis deals with the monitoring of jasmonic acid biotic elicitation impact on the production of podophyllotoxin in Juniperus virginiana suspension culture. The monitoring was carried out in two varieties of J. virginiana: var. 'Glauca' (7th and 19th passage) and var. 'Hetzii' (7th passage). The elicitation of the suspension culture was performed in 4 jasmonic acid concentrations: 0.005 mmol/l, 0.05 mmol/l, 0.5 mmol/l, 5 mmol/l. Samples were taken after 6, 24, 48 and 168 hours of elicitation. The best podophyllotoxin production increase was observed in the suspension culture of Juniperus virginiana var. 'Glauca' (7th passage). To achieve this result, the concentration of elicitor was 5 mmol/l and elicitor was applied for 168 hours. The podophyllotoxin production percentage was 0.067% and production increased by 179% over the control. Keywords: Juniperus virginiana, suspension cultures, podophyllotoxin, elicitatio