Growth effects of nagilactone E on cultured cells of lettuce

✍ Scribed by Kah-Siew Tan; Isao Kubo

• Book ID: 104616347
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 552 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0167-6857
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00034758

✦ Synopsis

Nagilactone E, a norditerpene dilactone isolated from a gymnosperm, Podocarpus nagi (Podocarpaceae), was able to stimulate the growth of cultured cells of Lactuca sativa cv. Grand Rapids at 0.1/~g ml-~ but not at 0.01 or 1/~g ml i. Cell wet weight/unit time and cell number/unit wet weight were increased when they were recorded at the end of the 14-day incubation period. Also, the population of cells treated with that concentration of nagilactone E had a higher percentage of cells with shorter cell length compared to the control (untreated).