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The optimum growth stage for enhancing ajmalicine production in Catharanthus roseuscultures with methyl jasmonate (MJ) was after 6 d growth. MJ added at 10 or 100 μm on day 6 gave a maximum ajmalicine production of 10.2 mg l−1, a 300% increase over that of non-elicited cultures.
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Lee-Parsons, C.W., Ertürk, S. & Tengtrakool, J. Enhancement of ajmalicine production in Catharanthus roseuscell cultures with methyl jasmonate is dependent on timing and dosage of elicitation. Biotechnology Letters 26, 1595–1599 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:BILE.0000045825.37395.94
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