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Annals of Botany 86: 745-752, 2000
© 2000 Annals of Botany Company

Organogenesis, Differentiation and Histolocalization of Alkaloids in Cultured Tissues and Organs of Duboisia myoporoides R. Br.

Nurussaba Khanam+, Cheang Khoo, Robert Close and Abdul G. Khan

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, PO Box 555, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia Department of Chemistry, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, PO Box 555, Campbelltown, NSW, 2560, Australia

Received: 15 November 1999 ; Returned for revision: 4 February 2000 . Accepted: 14 June 2000

Duboisia myoporoides R. Br. shoots were regenerated from non-organogenic and organogenic calli induced with nine different cytokinin/auxin combinations. Alkaloid colour reagents localized tropane alkaloids in the vascular regions which had large cells in the secondary xylem of the basal stem sections of the non-rooted shoots. Tropane alkaloids were localized in shoots regenerated from calli induced with two different cytokinin/auxin combinations. No alkaloids were localized in shoots regenerated from calli induced with other cytokinin/auxin combinations. However, only nicotine was detected by GC-MS in the non-rooted shoots regenerated from calli induced with three different cytokinin/auxin combinations. Tropane alkaloids were also localized in xylem cells of roots regenerated from calli induced with two different cytokinin and auxin combinations independently. The presence or absence of nicotine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine in different cultured plant materials was confirmed by GC-MS, indicating that although the root is the main site for alkaloid biosynthesis, with suitable cell differentiation, alkaloid biosynthesis may take place in cultured shoots without root initiation. Copyright 2000 Annals of Botany Company

Duboisia myoporoides, Corkwood tree, Solanaceae, tropane alkaloid, alkaloid localization, shoot culture, root culture, iodoplatinate


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