scholarly journals Stimulation of Sanguinarine Production by Combined Fungal Elicitation and Hormonal Deprivation in Cell Suspension Cultures of Papaver bracteatum

1988 ◽  
Vol 86 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven D. Cline ◽  
Carmine J. Coscia
1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (11) ◽  
pp. 914-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Keller ◽  
J. Eberspächer ◽  
F. Lingens

Abstract Metabolism of chloridazon, the active ingredient of the herbicide Pyramin, was studied in cell suspension cultures of Beta vulgaris (sugar beet), Papaver bracteatum (poppy), Phaseolus aureus (mung bean), Glycine max (soya bean), Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco), and Petroselinum hortense (parsley). Metabolism of the analgetical and antipyretical drug antipyrin (phenazon) was also investigated. In Beta vulgaris and in Papaver bracteatum small amounts of both compounds are hydroxylated, the main quantity remaining unmetabolized. In Beta vulgaris chloridazon is converted to p-hydroxy- chloridazon, whereas antipyrin yields three different compounds, namely p-hydroxyantipyrin, hydroxymethylantipyrin and a further hydroxyantipyrin, which was identified as o- or m-hydroxy- antipyrin. Cell suspension cultures of Papaver bracteatum hydroxylate chloridazon to p- and m- hydroxychloridazon, respectively, and antipyrin to p-hydroxyantipyrin and hydroxymethylantipyrin respectively. The metabolites, with exception of o- or m-hydroxyantipyrin, were identified by spectroscopic methods. The structure of the latter metabolite was established by comparing Up­values of the metabolite and the compound synthetically available. Metabolism in sugar beet and poppy cultures is similar to metabolism in mammals rather than in bacteria. Cell suspensions of chloridazon-insensitive sugar beet and of chloridazon-sensitive poppy are severely inhibited in growth by chloridazon, whereas antipyrin, even when applied in high concentrations, does not induce growth inhibition. In soya bean, mung bean, tobacco, and parsley neither chloridazon nor antipyrin were found to be metabolized.


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