The essential oil of coleonema album (rutaceae) and of a photomixotrophic cell culture derived thereof

authored by: R. G. Berger, Z. Akkan, F. Drawert
Abstract: The volatile shoot oil of Coleonema album was found to be composed of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and phenylpropanoids. Heterotrophic and photomixotrophic callus cultures were established from green parts of the plant. A photomixotrophic cell line contained a heterogeneous population of plastids and synthesized an essential oil, which differed qualitatively and quantitatively from the green parts of the intact plant. Substitution of 2, 4-D and pCPA by a lower amount of NAA and high kinetin concentrations favoured the formation of essential oil. The heterotrophic callus, when grown on the same nutrient medium, was devoid of any differentiated plastids and of essential oil constituents. Thus, a close correlation of light-induced plastid differentiation and essential oil synthesis was concluded.
External Organisation(s): Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Type: Article
Journal: Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences
Volume: 45
Pages: 187-195
No. of pages: 9
ISSN: 0939-5075
Publication date: 01.04.1990
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1515/znc-1990-3-408 (Access: Open)

BibTeX

@article{5c2f2339f849403b956c4eecd204857a,
title = "The essential oil of coleonema album (rutaceae) and of a photomixotrophic cell culture derived thereof",
abstract = "The volatile shoot oil of Coleonema album was found to be composed of monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and phenylpropanoids. Heterotrophic and photomixotrophic callus cultures were established from green parts of the plant. A photomixotrophic cell line contained a heterogeneous population of plastids and synthesized an essential oil, which differed qualitatively and quantitatively from the green parts of the intact plant. Substitution of 2, 4-D and pCPA by a lower amount of NAA and high kinetin concentrations favoured the formation of essential oil. The heterotrophic callus, when grown on the same nutrient medium, was devoid of any differentiated plastids and of essential oil constituents. Thus, a close correlation of light-induced plastid differentiation and essential oil synthesis was concluded.",
keywords = "Coleonema album, Essential Oil, Heterotrophic/Photom ixotrophic Cell Cultures, Leucoplasts, Rutaceae",
author = "Berger, {R. G.} and Z. Akkan and F. Drawert",
note = "Funding information: We are grateful to A. Keller and M. Muranyi for assistance, to H. Bartscherer for electron microscopy, and to H. Kollmannsberger and S. Nitz for GLC-MS analyses. Financial support by the Federal Minister of Research and Technology (BMFT) is gratefully acknowledged.",
year = "1990",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1515/znc-1990-3-408",
language = "English",
volume = "45",
pages = "187--195",
journal = "Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences",
issn = "0939-5075",
publisher = "Tubingen Verlag Der Zeitschrift Fuer Naturforschung",
number = "3-4",
}