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Improved indirubin production in a two-phase suspension culture of Polygonum tinctorium using dimethylpolysiloxane

  • G. W. Bae
  • , C. S. Chung
  • , K. I. Kim
  • , C. H. Park
  • , H. J. Lee
  • , Y. A. Chae
  • , I. S. Chung

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Abstract

Dimethylpolysiloxane (DMPS), used as a second phase in a suspension culture of Polygonum tinctorium, increased indirubin production by up to 259% and 16% in shake flask and air-lift bioreactors, respectively. In the shake flask culture, indirubin production increased by up to 248 mg/l using 90% v/v DMPS (volume of DMPS/volume of medium). In an air-lift bioreactor culture grown at a perfusion rate of 0.05 day-1 the indirubin concentration reached a maximum of 130 mg/l using 50% (v/v) DMPS. For the same DMPS content, the lower indirubin production in an air-lift bioreactor was probably due to the mass transfer limitation of indirubin between the two phases.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)843-845
Number of pages3
JournalBiotechnology Techniques
Volume12
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1998

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by Grants from Kyung Hee University and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation through Research Center for New Bio-Materials in Agriculture. We also gratefully acknowledge helpful comments from Prof. W.R. Curtis at Pennsylvania State University on this manuscript.

Keywords

  • Dimethylpolysiloxane
  • Indirubin
  • Polygonum tinctorium
  • Two-phase suspension culture

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