INVESTIGADORES
RODRIGUEZ TALOU Julian
capítulos de libros
Título:
Establishment, culture and scale-up of Brugmansia candida hairy roots for the production of tropane alkaloids
Autor/es:
CARDILLO AB; RODRÍGUEZ TALOU J; GIULIETTI AM
Libro:
Protocols for In Vitro Cultures and Secondary Metabolite Analysis of Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
Editorial:
Springer New York
Referencias:
Lugar: New York; Año: 2016; p. 173 - 186
Resumen:
Brugmansia candida (syn. Datura candida) is a South American native plant that produces tropane alkaloids. Hyoscyamine, 6βhydroxyhyoscyamine (anisodamine), and scopolamine are the most important ones due to their anticholinergic activity. These bioactive compounds have been historically and widely applied in medicine and their demand is continuous. Their chemical synthesis is costly and complex, and thereby, these alkaloids are industrially produced from natural producer plants. The production of these secondary metabolites by plant in vitro cultures such as hairy roots presents certain advantages over the natural source and chemical synthesis. It is well known that hairy roots produced by Agrobacterium rhizogenes infection are fastgrowing cultures, genetically stable and able to grow in hormone free media. Additionally, recent progress achieved in the scaling up of hairy root cultures makes this technology an attractive tool for industrial processes. This chapter is focused on the methods for the induction and establishment of B. candida hairy roots. In addition, the scaling up ofhairy root cultures in bioreactors and tropane alkaloid analysis is discussed.