Paek Kee-Yoeup, Murthy Hosakatte Niranjana, Hahn Eun-Joo
Research Center for the Development of Advanced Horticultural Technology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea.
Methods Mol Biol. 2009;547:3-16. doi: 10.1007/978-1-60327-287-2_1.
Echinacace purpurea (purple cone flower) is an important medicinal plant, and widely used for phytochemical purposes. The roots are traditionally used in herbal medicines and dietary supplements as an immunostimulant in treating inflammatory and viral diseases. Extensive research work has been carried out on both the induction of adventitious roots from E. purpurea as well as established small-scale (shake flask) to large-scale (bioreactor) cultures for the production of adventitious root biomass and caffeic acid derivatives. This chapter describes the methodologies of induction of adventitious roots from explants of E. purpurea, propagation of adventitious roots in suspension cultures, estimation of total phenolics, flavonoids, and antioxidant activities. The detailed methodology for high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis of caffeic acid derivatives present in the adventitious roots is also discussed.
紫锥菊是一种重要的药用植物,广泛用于植物化学研究。传统上,其根部被用于草药和膳食补充剂中,作为治疗炎症和病毒性疾病的免疫刺激剂。人们已经对紫锥菊不定根的诱导以及从小规模(摇瓶)到大规模(生物反应器)培养以生产不定根生物量和咖啡酸衍生物进行了广泛的研究。本章介绍了从紫锥菊外植体诱导不定根的方法、悬浮培养中不定根的繁殖、总酚、黄酮类化合物的测定以及抗氧化活性。还讨论了不定根中咖啡酸衍生物的高效液相色谱分析的详细方法。