• Title/Summary/Keyword: Pelargonium

Search Result 38, Processing Time 0.027 seconds

Plant Regeneration of Geranium (Pelargonium graveolense) Callus and Changes of Peroxidase Isozyme Pattern (제라늄(Pelargonium graveolense) 캘러스의 재분화 및 peroxidase isozyme 발현패턴 변화)

  • Lee, Seok-Hyun;Lee, Mi-Young
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
    • /
    • v.43 no.3
    • /
    • pp.184-189
    • /
    • 2000

  • Callus was induced from the petioles of scented-geranium (Pelargonium graveolense) in MS medium containing various concentrations of plant growth regulators. The highest frequency of more than 70% of callus was induced in 2 mg/l NAA and 0.5 mg/l BAP or 2 mg/l 2,4-D and 0.5 mg/l BAP combined treatment, while not in 2,4-D, NAA or BAP alone. When the callus was transferred to the MS medium containing 0.05 mg/l NAA and 0.5 mg/l BAP, were highest intensity of shoot formation, 14 shoots/callus, was induced after 5 weeks. The highest rooting was observed on hormone-free rooting media from the regenerated shoots after 3 weeks, indicating that the regeneration from geranium callus might be possible by changing the hormone ratios. Peroxidase (POD) specific activities in callus induced from 2 mg/l NAA and 0.5 mg/l BAP were higher than those of 2 mg/l 2,4-D and 0.5 mg/l BAP callus during the entire culture periods. POD isozyme C3 was the main cathodic POD isozyme expressed in NAA and BAP callus, while C1 was the main in 2,4-D and BAP callus. However, anodic POD isozymes, A1, A2 and A3 were expressed with similar activities in both hormone combinations.

  • PDF

DNA-mediated gene transfer in plant protoplasts (식물 원형질체에서의 marker gene 삽입)

  • U, Zang-Kual;Riu, Key-Zung;So, In-Sup;Hong, Kyung-Ae
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
    • /
    • v.36 no.6
    • /
    • pp.557-561
    • /
    • 1993

  • The neomycin phosphotransferase II gene (nptII) was introduced into geranium (Pelargonium zonale hybrids) protoplast by using PEG or electroporation method. The presence of the introduced DNA in the protoplast and the expressions of the gene in the transformed cells were examined. The presence of the nptII DNA in the protoplasts were detected by polymerase chain reaction. The expressions of nptII gene in the transformed cells were confirmed by the nptII assay.

  • PDF

Mite-Control Activities of Active Constituents Isolated from Pelargonium graveolens Against House Dust Mites

  • Jeon, Ju-Hyun;Kim, Hyung-Wook;Kim, Min-Gi;Lee, Hoi-Seon
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
    • /
    • v.18 no.10
    • /
    • pp.1666-1671
    • /
    • 2008

  • The mite-control activities of materials obtained from Pelargonium graveolens oil against Dermatophagoides farinae and D. pteronyssinus were examined using an impregnated fabric disk bioassay and were compared with those shown by commercial benzyl benzoate and N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET). Purification of the biologically active constituents from P. graveolens oil was done by silica gel chromatography and high performance liquid chromatography. The structures of the active components were analyzed by EI/MS, $^{1}H$-NMR, $^{13}C$-NMR, $^{1}H-^{13}C$ COSY-NMR, and DEPT-NMR spectra, and were identified as geraniol ($C_{10}H_{18}O$, MW 154.25, trans-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-l-ol) and $\beta$-citronellol ($C_{10}H_{20}O$, MW 156.27, 3,7-dimethyl-6-octen-l-o1). Based on the $LD_{50}$ values, the most toxic compound was geraniol (0.26${\mu}g/cm^{2}$), followed by $\beta$-citronellol (0.28${\mu}g/cm^{2}$), benzyl benzoate (10.03${\mu}g/cm^{2}$), and DEET (37.12${\mu}g/cm^{2}$) against D. farillae. In the case of D. pteronyssinus, geraniol (0.28${\mu}g/cm^{2}$) was the most toxic, followed by $\beta$-citronellol (0.29${\mu}g/cm^{2}$), benzyl benzoate (9.58${\mu}g/cm^{2}$), and DEET (18.23${\mu}g/cm^{2}$). These results suggest that D. farinae and D. pteronyssinus may be controlled more effectively by the application of geraniol and $\beta$-citronellol than benzyl benzoate and DEET. Furthermore, geraniol and $\beta$-citronellol isolated from P. graveolens could be useful for managing populations of D. farinae and D. pterollyssinus.

  • PDF KSCI