The effect of abiotic elicitors on secondary metabolites content in plant cultures in vitro - II.

The Effect of Abiotic Elicitors on the Content of Secondary Metabolites in In vitro Plant Cultures - II. The method of elicitation is used for the increased production of secondary metabolites in in vitro plant cultures. In this study, there the effect of pyridine derivate N-(5-chlorpyridin-2-yl)-4-ethylbenzamide in three concentration - 3.845.10-3 mol/l; 3.845.10-4 mol/l and 3.845.10-5 mol/l for the production of flavonolignans in callus and suspension cultures of Silybum marianum was tested. The evaluation of elicitation effect proceeded after 6, 24, 48, 72 a 168 hours against control samples without the elicitor treatment after 24 and 168 hours. In the same intervals the samples of culture medium were taken and assessed. The cells were cultivated on Murashige and Skoog medium with 10 mg/ml of α-naphtylacetic acid as growth regulator. The obtained and adjusted samples were analysed by the HPLC method. From the parts of silymarin complex were detected silychristin, silybin A, isosylibin A, isosilybin B. Flavonoid taxifolin wasn̕ t detected in any case. In callus culture, there was achieved a maximal production of all detected components of silymarin complex (30.508 μg/g DW) after 168 hours of elicitor treatment in concentration of 3.845.10-4 mol/l, it was about only substance - silychristin. The..