Enhanced Production of Therapeutically Valuable Withaferin A From In Vitro Propagated Withania Somnifera (L.) Dunal

Sukanya M.S.¹ , Archana Giri²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Journal-Paper
Vol.7 , Issue.1 , pp.1-6, Feb-2020

Online published on Feb 28, 2020

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Abstract :
Withanolides from Withania somnifera are one amongst the most exploited secondary metabolites for their enormous therapeutical and pharmaceutical benefits. Large scale production of these herbs from different explants of in vitro germinated seedlings were tried in order to meet the growing market demand. A rapid and efficient indirect regeneration protocol was optimized from the leaf explants of W.somnifera. Compact green calli were obtained from leaf explants cultured on MS media supplemented with 2mg/L BAP showed good regeneration potential. Maximum multiple shoots were obtained from calli grown on MS media fortified with 1 mg/L BAP and 0.1 mg/L NAA. The micro shoots were excised and efficient rooting was induced in MS media supplemented with 0.2 mg/L IBA. The in vitro propagated plantlets were found to be high in their withaferin A content (3.21mg/g DW). The withaferin A content was around 2.12-fold higher than the control explants. Micropropagation of such a highly valuable medicinal plant is extremely necessary in meeting the growing demands of this therapeutically valuable medicinal plant.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Withania somnifera, callus, regeneration, micropropagation, withaferin A, HPLC

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