title: Aluminium chloride enhances colchicine production in root cultures of Gloriosa superba.
abstract: Root cultures of Gloriosa superba were treated with 5 mM: methyl jasmonate and 125 microM: AlCl3 which enhanced the intracellular colchicine content of the roots by 50-fold and 63-fold, respectively. Ten millimolar of CaCl2 and 1 mM: CdCl2 enhanced biomass significantly (7- to 8.6-fold, respectively) while maximum release of colchicine into the medium was obtained with 10 mM: CdCl2. Casein hydrolysate, yeast extract and silver nitrate had no significant effect on growth and colchicine accumulation in root cultures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Botany, Centre of Advanced Study in Cell and Chromosome Research, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, 700019, Calcutta, India.
authors.forename: Seemanti
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Biswajit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Sumita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jha
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D000077410:Aluminum Chloride; D017607:Aluminum Compounds / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002712:Chlorides / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003078:Colchicine / Q000378:metabolism*; D003517:Cyclopentanes / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004338:Drug Combinations; D027762:Lilium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D054883:Oxylipins; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D017607:Aluminum Compounds; D002712:Chlorides; D003517:Cyclopentanes; D004338:Drug Combinations; D054883:Oxylipins; D000077410:Aluminum Chloride; C072239:methyl jasmonate; D003078:Colchicine