Volume 3, Number 4, 159-160, DOI: 10.1007/BF00270213

Autoclaved fungal mycelia increase diosgenin production in cell suspension cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea

J. S. Rokem, J. Schwarzberg and I. Goldberg

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Abstract

The addition of autoclaved mycelia of non-host specific fungi to cell suspension cultures of Dioscorea deltoidea improved diosgenin production by as much as 72% compared to control cultures. Phytoalexin elicitors laminarin, arachidonic acid and chitin added to D. deltoidea cultures had no stimulating effect on the diosgenin level.
Communicated by M. H. Zenk

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