Sucrose enhanced stigmasterol production in callus cultures of Wedelia biflora (L.) D.C

• Main Authors: Idris, Siti Norayu, Ahmed, Abdul Bakrudeen Ali, Taha, Rosna Mat
• Format: Article
• Published: College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Banos 2018
• Subjects: Q Science (General); QH Natural history
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/21820/; https://pas.cafs.uplb.edu.ph/category/2018/

Callus culture method was used to extract stigmasterol in mass amount. The current study aims to enhance the production of stigmasterol by manipulation of sucrose concentrations in Murashige and Skoog (MS) media. A combination of 2 mg NAA L-1 (an auxin) and 2.5 mg 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) L-1 (a cy...