Fatty Acids Production from Plants and Callus Cultures of Cereus peruvianus Mill. (Cactaceae)


	Journal of Plant Sciences
	Year: 2006 \| Volume: 1 \| Issue: 4 \| Page No.: 368-373 DOI: 10.3923/jps.2006.368.373

Fatty Acids Production from Plants and Callus Cultures of Cereus peruvianus Mill. (Cactaceae)

Frederico Augusto Pires da Silva Assis Machado, Mirella Capelasso , Arildo Jose Braz de Oliveira , Regina Aparecida Correia Gonçalves , Maria Lucilia Motina Zamuner , Claudete Aparecida Mangolin and Maria de Fatima P.S. Machado

Abstract: Callus culture of Cereus peruvianus provides an alternative method to unsaturated and unusual fatty acids production. Analysis of fatty acids composition of the lipids extracted from hypocotyls-induced calli showed that linoleic acid (C_18:2) was the major component of unsaturated fatty acids in the callus culture. Unusual fatty acids such as pentadecenoic acid (C_15:1), palmitolenic acid (C_16:1) and heptadecanoic acid (C_17:0) were also detected in callus tissues. The long-time callus culture of C. peruvianus is a good model for the biochemistry studies of C_18:2 rich tissues, for unusual fatty acid production and for metabolic engineering of plants.

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Frederico Augusto Pires da Silva Assis Machado, Mirella Capelasso , Arildo Jose Braz de Oliveira , Regina Aparecida Correia Gonçalves , Maria Lucilia Motina Zamuner , Claudete Aparecida Mangolin and Maria de Fatima P.S. Machado , 2006. Fatty Acids Production from Plants and Callus Cultures of Cereus peruvianus Mill. (Cactaceae). Journal of Plant Sciences, 1: 368-373.

DOI: 10.3923/jps.2006.368.373

URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=jps.2006.368.373

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