Journal
BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 68, Issue 9, Pages 1837-1841Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.1837
Keywords
Pharbitis nil hairy roots; umbelliferone; skimmin; glucosylation; detoxification
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Hairy root cultures of Pharbitis nil treated with CuSO4 and methyl jasmonate (MeJA) produced umbelliferone (1) and scopoletin (2) in the culture medium, and skimmin (3), a beta-D-glucopyranoside of 1, was isolated from the hairy roots. While I in the medium increased and reached a maximal level 16 h after the treatment with CuSO4, the amount of 3 in the hairy roots decreased, reaching a minimal level after 8 h, before recovering to a level higher than the basal level after 24 h and then continuously increasing. These observations suggest that 1 was released by the hydrolysis of 3. Umbelliferone (1) inhibited hairy root growth, while skimmin (3) did not. This result suggests that, after the release of 1 as a phytoalexin, the hairy roots glycosylated 1 for the detoxification and re-use of 3 as a source of phytoalexin.
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