Micropropagation and Somatic Embryogenesis Induction of Gardenia jasminoides Plants

Callus induction and somatic embryogenesis of Gardenia latifolia Ait

Iridoids from Gardenia jasminoides Ellis

Three new iridoids, Gardenal-I (1), Gardenal-II (2) and Gardenal-III (3), together with nine known iridoid glycosides; geniposide (4), 6-β-hydroxy geniposide (5), 6-α-hydroxy geniposide (6), 6-α-methoxy geniposide (7), feretoside (8), genipin-1-β-gentiobioside (9), shanzhiside (10), lamalbidic acid (11) and picrocrocinic acid (12) were isolated from EtOH extract of G. gasminoides. The structure...

Somatic Embryogenesis: An Alternative Method for in vitro Micropropagation

Plant tissue culture is an alternative method of commercial propagation and is being used widely for the commercial propagation of a large number of plant species, including many medicinal plants. Somatic embryogenesis is a process by which asexual or somatic cells are induced to form embryos in culture. Somatic embryogenesis is a multi-step regeneration process starting with formation of pro-e...

Somatic Embryogenesis in Forest Plants

Iridoid-specific glucosyltransferase from Gardenia jasminoides.

Iridoids are one of the most widely distributed secondary metabolites in higher plants. They are pharmacologically active principles in various medicinal plants and key intermediates in the biosynthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids as well as quinoline alkaloids. Although most iridoids are present as 1-O-glucosides, the glucosylation step in the biosynthetic pathway has remained obscure. W...