Effects On Saponin, Flavonol And Antioxidant Activity In In Vitro Plants Of Agave Salmiana

Autores: 
Puente-Garza, C. A.
Gutiérrez-Mora, A.
García-Lara, S.
Revista y/o libro: 
Sustainable and integral exploitation of agave.
Editorial: 
CIATEJ
Volumen: 
ISBN: 978-607-96619-1-5
Año: 
2014
Sinopsis: 
Maguey, Agave salmiana, is an important plant for “pulque” industry and functional foods but has several constraints of elite germplasm availability and homogeneous nutraceutical properties. A micropropagation protocol was established to generate in vitro plants from young germinated plantlets by axillary shoots. At the same time we evaluated the impact of this process in the phytochemical profile of the new plants. The optimal induction of axillary shoots was observed in plantlets incubated on a solidified Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with L2 vitamins and 0.04 mg l-1 2,4- Dichlrophenoxyacetic acid (2, 4 –D) and 10 mg l-1 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP). The in vitro protocol took 16 weeks, obtaining an efficiency of 87.5% after acclimatization under controlled conditions.