Micropropagation of Three Chemotypes of Lippia Alba Mill. N. E. Br. Producers of Citral, Carvone and Linalool Respectively

This work describes a micropropagation protocol for three different chemotypes of Lippia alba, which essential oil’s major components are citral, carvone and linalol. L. alba is widely used in traditional medicine and among other characteristics, is of great economical interest for its essential oil...

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Autores: Tavares, E. S., Leitão, S. G., Reinert, F., Lage, C. L. S.
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Brasil
Recursos:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)
Repositorio:Revista Fitos
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br:article/17
Acesso em linha:https://revistafitos.far.fiocruz.br/index.php/revista-fitos/article/view/17
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Lippia alba
Verbenaceae
cultura de tecidos
citral
carvona
linalol
tissue culture
carvone
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Resumo:This work describes a micropropagation protocol for three different chemotypes of Lippia alba, which essential oil’s major components are citral, carvone and linalol. L. alba is widely used in traditional medicine and among other characteristics, is of great economical interest for its essential oils. Nodal segments of three chemotypes, were cultured in vitro. Plants were grown in Murashigue and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with sucrose and vitamins but not hormones, with and without norbixin. Plants obtained in this way were then subcultured to identify if the addition of IAA and kinetin optimized plant growth. The results showed that these hormones were not required to successfully culture and multiply the three chemotypes of L. alba in vitro. Addition of norbixin was efficient in decreasing plant tissue oxidation. This faster and more economical protocol did not affect ex vitro acclimation of plants that was also successful.