Abstract:
Objective Formulation of the medium for Carpesium macrocephalum culture to produce flavonoids was optimized from the one obtained by a previous study.
Method Using NT+NAA 1.0 mg·L-1+0.2 mg·L-1 6-BA as the base, the medium optimizations were firstly carried out on the macro-elements, NH4+, NO3- and K+, then the micro-elements, MoO42-, Zn2+, BO33-, Co2+, Cu2+, I-, and Mn2+ and followed by the added 2, 4-D, KT and GA3. The cellular growth as well as the flavonoids yield in the culture suspension were monitored for evaluation.
Result With the optimized addition of the macro- and micro-elements plus KT or GA3, the flavonoids produced by C. macrocephalum culture significantly increased (P < 0.05), but reduced by the presence of 2, 4-D. The finalized medium consisted of the base with added 15.46 NH4+ mmol·L-1, NO3- 14.10 mmol·L-1, K+ 19.10 mmol·L-1, MoO42- 3.0 μmol·L-1, Zn2+ 0.06 mmol·L-1, BO33- 0.4 mmol·L-1, Co2+ 0.2 μmol·L-1, Cu2+ 0.4 μmol·L-1, I- 10 μmol·L-1, Mn2+ 0.2 mmol·L-1, and KT 0.2 mg·L-1. The resulting flavonoids content in the culture suspension was 2.05%, which was 1.68-fold of control, and the flavonoids yield 517.87 mg·L-1, which was 1.80-fold of control.
Conclusion By further modifying the previously obtained medium, the flavonoids produced from the C. macrocephalum culture significantly increased.