African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Full Length Research Paper

A simple and efficient procedure to enhance artemisinin content in Artemisia annua L. by seeding to salinity stress

Zhenghao Qian, Ke Gong, Ling Zhang, Jianbing Lv, Fuyuan Jing, Yueyue Wang, Shaobo Guan, Guofeng Wang and Kexuan Tang*
School of Agriculture and Biology, School of Life Science and Technology, Fudan-SJTU-Nottingham Plant Biotechnology R&D Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China.
Email: [email protected], [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 04 May 2007
  •  Published: 18 June 2007

Abstract

 

Artemisinin is an effective anti-malarial drug extracted from Artemisia annua L. Due to the low content of artemisinin in A. annua, great efforts have been devoted to improve artemisinin production. Here we report a simple and efficient procedure to enhance artemisinin content in A. annua by seeding to salinity stress. Our result shows that artemisinin content in the plant treated with 4 - 6 g/l NaCl could be significantly enhanced (up to 2 - 3% dry weight) compared to that in control plant (1% dry weight).

 

Key words: Artemisia annua L., artemisinin, NaCl, salinity stress.

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