biologia plantarum

International journal on Plant Life established by Bohumil Nìmec in 1959

Biologia plantarum 54:430-434, 2010 | DOI: 10.1007/s10535-010-0078-z

Induction of capsaicinoid synthesis in Capsicum chinense cell cultures by salicylic acid or methyl jasmonate

M. G. Gutiérrez-Carbajal1, M. Monforte-González1, M.de L. Miranda-Ham1, G. Godoy-Hernández1, F. Vázquez-Flota1,*
1 Centro de Investigación Científica de Yucatán, Unidad de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular de Plantas, Mérida, Yucatán, México

Suspension cultures of Habanero pepper (Capsicum chinense Jacq.) were exposed to salicylic acid or methyl jasmonate to change secondary metabolism. Both treatments led to the accumulation of capsaicinoids and their late biosynthetic intermediate, vanillin. Both elicitors had a positive effect on the activities of phenylalanine ammonia lyase and coumarate O-methyltransferase, but none of them represented the main limiting step for capsaicinoid accumulation since vanillin contents were two orders of magnitude higher than those of capsaicinoids.

Keywords: Habanero pepper; secondary metabolism; vanillin
Subjects: capsaicinoid; Capsicum chinese; coumarate O-methyltransferase; jasmonates; pepper; phenylalanine ammonia lyase; salicylic acid; vanillin

Received: September 2, 2008; Accepted: June 2, 2009; Published: September 1, 2010  Show citation

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Gutiérrez-Carbajal, M.G., Monforte-González, M., Miranda-Ham, M.D.L., Godoy-Hernández, G., & Vázquez-Flota, F. (2010). Induction of capsaicinoid synthesis in Capsicum chinense cell cultures by salicylic acid or methyl jasmonate. Biologia plantarum, 54(3), 430-434. doi: 10.1007/s10535-010-0078-z
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