Pyrazinecarboxylic acid derivatives as effective abiotic elicitors of isoflavonoid production

Abstract

The paper aimed to even more increase the production of isoflavonoids in callus culture of G. tinctoria by the action of abiotic elicitors. A more suitable elicitor for production of isoflavonoids proved to be N-(3-iodo-4-methylphenyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide, even though the absolute maximum of genistin production was achieved by a 12 h action of 5-terc-butyl-6-chloro-N-(3-iodo-4-methylphenyl)pyrazine-2-carboxamide.

Keywords

• Genista tinctoria
• isoflavonoids
• callus culture
• pyrazinecarboxylic acid derivatives