ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to investigate the effect of physical and chemical features on metabolic production in plant cell culture. The best multiplication of Frangula alnus. Mill. shoots (8.84 ± 1.11) was obtained on woody plant medium (WPM) medium with indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) (0.1 mg l−1) and 6-benzylaminapurine (BAP) (1.0 mg l−1), but the highest metabolite production (1731 mg/100 g of total anthraquinone (AQ) aglycones) was in the shoots grown on the MS medium with addition of 1-naphthilaceneacetic (NAA) (0.1 mg l−1) and thidiazuron (TDZ) (0.1 mg l−1). The best multiplication of Frangula rupestris. (Scop.) Schur. shoots (6.20 ± 0.53) was obtained on MS medium supplemented with BAP (0.5 mg l−1). The highest metabolite production (451 mg/100 g of total anthraquinone aglycones) was in the shoots grown on medium with 2,4-D (0.1 mg l−1) and BAP (0.5 mg l−1). For the multiplication of Rhamnus catharticus. L. shoots, the best results (2.8 ± 0.7) were obtained on the medium with combination of 2,4-D (0.1 mg l−1) and kinetine (Kin) (1.0 mg l−1). The best synthesis of anthraquinones (AQs) (1205 mg/100 g of total AQ aglycones) was in the shoots, which were grown on MS medium supplemented with 2,4-D (0.1 mg l−1).