Journal
APPLIED BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 172, Issue 5, Pages 2363-2376Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-013-0663-7
Keywords
Artemisia; Callus; Phenolics; Antioxidant activity; Thidiazuron
Funding
- Higher Education Commission (HEC)
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Callus culture of Artemisia absinthium L. was established for enhanced production of phenolics and higher antioxidant activity. Callus was induced from seed-derived leaf explants, incubated on to MS media supplemented with thidiazuron (TDZ; 0.5-5.0 mg/l) either alone or in combination with alpha-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA; 1.0 mg/l). These callus cultures were investigated for their growth kinetics, total phenolic content, and antioxidant activity on weekly basis for a period of 49 days. Maximum dry biomass accumulation of 8.73 g/l was observed on day 42 in response to 1.0 mg/l TDZ and 1.0 mg/l NAA. Furthermore, maximum level of total phenolic content of 8.53 mg GAE/g DW and highest 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity of 72.6 % were observed in calli formed in response to 1.0 mg/l TDZ on day 42. The results showed a positive correlation of total phenolic content and DPPH radical scavenging activity in most of the callus cultures of A. absinthium L.
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