TISSUE CULTURE OF BORAGINACEAE

摘要

PURPOSE:An efficient tissue culture of a plant in Boraginaceae containing naphthoquinone pigments such as cinchonine is effected in a liquid medium containing cellulose acetate. CONSTITUTION:Tissues or cells of a plant in Boraginaceae such as Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siev. et Zucc are subjected to tissue culture in a liquid medium containing 5-20g, per liter of the liquid medium, of at lease one selected from the group consisting of cellulose acetate, chitin, activated carbon and pectic acid.