Stimulation of saponin production in Panax ginseng hairy roots by two oligosaccharides from Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis

Ligang Zhou, Xiaodong Cao, Ruifen Zhang, Youliang Peng, Shoujing Zhao, Jianyong Wu

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Abstract

Two oligosaccharides, a heptasaccharide (HS) and an octasaccharide (OS), isolated from Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis, stimulated the growth and saponin accumulation of Panax ginseng hairy roots at 5-30 mg l-1. HS and OS at 30 mg l-1, fed separately to hairy root cultures at 10 days post-inoculation, increased the root biomass dry weight by more than 70% to ∼20 g l-1from 13 g l-1and the total saponin content of roots by more than 1-fold to ∼3.5% from 1.6% (w/w). The results suggest that the two oligosaccharides may have plant growth-regulatory activity in plant tissue cultures.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)631-634
Number of pages4
JournalBiotechnology Letters
Volume29
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2007

Keywords

  • Hairy root culture
  • Heptasaccharide
  • Octasaccharide
  • Oligosaccharides
  • Panax ginseng
  • Saponin

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology

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