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 language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 843-845 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Biotechnology Techniques |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 11 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 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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