Pankaj Singh

Pankaj Singh

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Pankaj Singh

Division of Botany, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, India

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Academic Career Length

8Years (2019-Present)

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6 January 2020 in Plant Growth Regulation
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AJAmar Jeet
Amar Jeet
YSYatendra Singh
Yatendra Singh
PSPankaj Singh
Pankaj Singh
RNRenu Nimoriya
Renu Nimoriya
CBCarol Janis Bilung
Carol Janis Bilung
DMDipak Kumar Mishra
Dipak Kumar Mishra

1 January 2019 in Pharmacognosy Magazine
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DMDipak Kumar Mishra
Dipak Kumar Mishra
PSPankaj Singh
Pankaj Singh
YSYatendra Singh
Yatendra Singh
AJAmar Jeet
Amar Jeet
RNRenu Nimoriya
Renu Nimoriya
VTVineeta Tripathi
Vineeta Tripathi
Background: Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand, belonging to the family Apocynaceae is a source of many bioactive cardenolides. However, inadequate accumulation of these cardenolides within this plant restricts their economic isolation. Due to multiple chiral centers, these metabolites could not be chemically synthesized so far. Objective: The main objective of this study was to develop protocols for enriched production of targeted bioactive cardenolides within in vitro grown plant system. Materials and Methods: In our study, we established in vitro plantlets from the seeds of naturally grown plants. Various biotic and abiotic elicitors, as well as precursors with different concentrations and incubation period, were used for the same. Results: It was observed that the in vitro grown control plantlets could biosynthesize a higher quantity of seven bioactive cardenolides than the naturally grown plants, whereas only coroglaucigenin was in less quantity. All the eight cardenolides could further successfully be enriched through our experiments. Uscharidin could be enriched significantly to a maximum level (~17-fold) followed by calotropagenin (~11-fold), uzarigenin (~8.5-folds), calotropin (4.5-fold), frugoside (~4-fold), uscharin (3.8-fold), asclepin (~2-fold), and coroglaucigenin (~1.5-fold) when they were compared to their maximum accumulation in naturally grown plants. For effective quantitative calculation of natural abundance of cardenolides within naturally grown plant, their seasonal variations were carried out using ultra high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Conclusion: From the above results, it can be concluded that the in vitro grown plantlets are the better choice than the naturally grown plants for enriched production of cardenolides. Elicitors were found more effective than precursors for the same. Abbreviations used: CGs: Cardiac glycosides; CH: Cholesterol; CHI: Chitosan; DDW: Double distilled water; MJ: Methyl Jasmonate; PG: Progesterone; SA: Salicylic acid; SQ: Squalene; YE: Yeast extract.