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The effects of terpenoid precursor feeding and elicitation by a biotic elicitor on alkaloid production of Catharanthus roseus suspension cultures were studied. After addition of secologanin, loganin or loganic acid an increase in the accumulation of ajmalicine and strictosidine and a decrease of tryptamine level was observed in non-elicited cells. Elicitation increased tryptamine accumulation in non-fed cells but it did not further increase alkaloid accumulation in precursor-fed cells. A decrease of tryptamine level was also observed, despite the induction of the tryptamine pathway after elicitation. Feeding mevalonic acid did not increase alkaloid accumulation in any studied case.
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Moreno, P.R.H., van der Heijden, R. & Verpoorte, R. Effect of terpenoid precursor feeding and elicitation on formation of indole alkaloids in cell suspension cultures of Catharanthus roseus . Plant Cell Reports 12, 702–705 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00233423
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