Influence of sucrose on levels of ajmalicine, serpentine, and tryptamine in Catharanthus roseus cells in vitro

Abstract

The fates of major nutritional elements and the synthesis of tryptophan, tryptamine and 2 alkaloid markers in C. roseus cells, cultivated in media containing 20 and 60 g/l of sucrose, were studied. Sucrose effects were greatest, with these parameters, during the stationary …