Table 3.
Effect of sucrose concentration in MS supplemented with 3.0 mg/L 6-BA and 0.5 mg/L NAA on production of microrhizomes and curcuminoids.
| Sucrose concentration (%) | Induction rate of microrhizomes (%) | Average weight of microrhizomes (g) | Content of curcumin (μg/g) | Content of demethoxycurcumin (μg/g) | Content of curcuminoids (μg/g) | Total yield of curcumin (μg/container) | Total yield of demethoxycurcumin (μg/container) | Total yield of curcuminoids (μg/container) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 78.33 ± 5.00b | 0.0226 ± 0.0014a | 8.03 ± 2.05d | 198.13 ± 4.65c | 206.16 ± 6.70c | 0.85 ± 0.22c | 21.06 ± 0.49d | 21.92 ± 0.71d |
| 5 | 90.00 ± 2.00a | 0.0235 ± 0.0019a | 74.36 ± 4.32b | 558.89 ± 24.97a | 633.25 ± 29.29a | 9.42 ± 0.55a | 70.80 ± 3.16a | 80.22 ± 3.71a |
| 7 | 80.33 ± 1.67b | 0.0211 ± 0.0009a | 89.66 ± 6.25a | 517.03 ± 36.08a | 606.69 ± 42.32a | 9.12 ± 0.64a | 52.58 ± 3.67b | 61.70 ± 4.30b |
| 9 | 81.00 ± 0.33b | 0.0228 ± 0.0027a | 32.49 ± 0.24c | 289.08 ± 38.45b | 321.57 ± 38.68b | 3.60 ± 0.03b | 32.06 ± 4.26c | 35.66 ± 4.29c |
Values followed by different letters differ significantly. P < 0.05.