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Influence of simulated microgravity environmental factor on ginseng cell growth and ginseng saponin content

Zhao Wei, Cai Weiming

Shanghai Institute of Plant Physiology,Chinese Academy of Sciences.Shanghai 200032

Abstract

After 3 weeks of cultivation, saponin content in ginseng was 10% higher undere the horizontal rotation treatment on the clinostat than that of the control. When ginseng cells were cultured on Ca~(2+)-deprived medium and clinostatted for 3 weeks, their ginseng saponin content was almost twice of that of the control. Besides, in our experiments, the higher the Ca~(2+) concentration in medium, the lower the ginseng saponin content in the ginseng cells cultured.

Key words: Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer;Ginseng saponin;Microgravity;Calcium ion

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Zhao Wei, Cai Weiming. Influence of simulated microgravity environmental factor on ginseng cell growth and ginseng saponin content. Acta Physiol Sin 1998; 50 (2): (in Chinese with English abstract).