Aconitum violaceum Jacq. is an important medicinal species used for various health ailments including renal pain, rheumatism and high fever. In the present report, a reproducible in vitro regeneration system for Aconitum violaceum Jacq. has developed from the nodal segment of the plant. Induction of shoot buds was achieved on basal Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium. The shoots were elongated on MS medium supplemented with 0.5 μM 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) and 0.1 μM α-napthaleneacetic acid (NAA) and subsequently transferred to rooting medium. In vitro grown microshoots of A. violaceum were encapsulated in the alginate beads. The success rate of their re-growth was found to be approximately 85.43 %. Of the encapsulated microshoots, 39.86 % exhibited formation of multiple shoots following re-growth on plant growth regulator free MS medium. Healthy root formation was observed in all microshoots following 2 weeks of transfer on half-strength MS medium containing 0.1 lM indole-3- acetic acid (IAA) and 1.0 μM α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA). These plants were subsequently transferred to pots containing a mixture of soil, sand and compost (1:1:1 v/v), and same were then shifted in the greenhouse with 87 % survival rate. The molecular analysis was carried out using 35 random amplified polymorphic DNAs (RAPD) primers and 25 inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) primers. Cluster analysis of the RAPD and ISSR profile revealed an average similarity coefficient of 0.966 and 0.974, respectively, confirming genetic stability of tissue culture-raised (TR) plants and synthetic seed-derived plants (SR). The phytochemical analysis of tissue culture-raised and synthetic seeds-derived plants showed higher aconitine content than control plant. The propagation protocol developed in this study provides a basis for germplasm conservation and harnessing the medicinally active compounds of A. violaceum.
Genetic stability and phytochemical analysis of in vitro established plants of Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth, have been carried out. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and inter simple sequence repeats (ISSR) markers were used to assess the genetic fidelity of tissue culture products including three adventitious shoots from three calli and 6 months old tissue culture raised plants growing in green house condition with mother plant. Apparent genetic variation was detected in the five types of plant materials. The percentage of polymorphic bands in the RAPD and ISSR analysis were 16.25 and 14.54 %, respectively. The genetic similarity was calculated on the basis of RAPD and ISSR data among the five types of plant materials and were ranged from 0.5 to 1.0 (mean 0.75) and 0.47 to 1.0 (mean 0.73), respectively. The similarity coefficient by both RAPD and ISSR analysis revealed that differences between tissue culture raised plants and mother plant was not remarkable, but notable differences were observed among three adventitious shoots regenerated from three calli. The phytochemical analysis of tissue culture raised products showed higher secondary metabolite (picrotin and picrotoxinin) content as compare to mother plant. The information gained on genetic stability/variability will be valuable for the large scale propagation and secondary metabolite production of P. kurroa.
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