Improved menthol production from chitosan-elicited suspension culture of Mentha piperita

Biotechnology Letters - Tập 20 - Trang 1097-1099 - 1998
Jun Hyong Chang1, Joong Han Shin1, In Sik Chung2, Hyong Joo Lee1
1Department of Food Science and Technology and Research Center for New-Biomaterials in Agriculture, Seoul National University, Suwon, Korea
2Department of Genetic Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Suwon, Korea

Tóm tắt

The optimum concentration of chitosan to menthol production by Mentha piperita cells cultured in shake flasks was 200 mg/l, which gave 166 mg menthol/l after 12 days. Chitosan elicitation may activate the conversion of pulegone to menthol.

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