Table 1.
The tanshinones contents in S. miltiorrhiza transgenic hairy roots at the end of the culture time.
| Lines | Metabolite contents (mg/g DW) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dihydrotanshinone I | Cryptotanshinone | Tanshinone I | Tanshinone IIA | |
| RSi1 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| RSi2 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| RSi3 | 0.24 ± 0.13 a | 0.37 ± 0.28 a | 0.56 ± 0.05 a | 0.51 ± 0.14 a |
| RSi4 | nd | nd | nd | nd |
| WT | 7.52 ± 0.97c | 3.52 ± 0.27 b | 2.13 ± 0.12 b | 2.38 ± 0.24 b |
The values represent the means of three independent experiments (means ± SD). nd, not detected. a–c, different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05).