Screening a diverse collection of Artemisia annua germplasm accessions for the antimalarial compound, artemisinin

Screening a diverse collection of Artemisia annua germplasm accessions for the antimalarial compound, artemisinin

The antimalarial drug artemisinin (ART) is commercially extracted from the medicinal plant Artemisia annua L. Here, we report the screening of 70 A. annua plants representing 14 diverse germplasm accessions sourced from around the world, and identify lines containing >2% ART. These extremely high...

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant genetic resources: characterization and utilization 2012-08, Vol.10 (2), p.152-154
Hauptverfasser: Cockram, James, Hill, Colin, Burns, Corrinne, Arroo, Randoph R. J., Woolley, Jack G., Flockart, Ian, Robinson, Trevor, Atkinson, Christopher J., Davies, Michael J., Dungey, Nigel, Greenland, Andy J., Smith, Lydia L. M. J., Bentley, Steven
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Sprache:eng
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Medicinal plants
Plant extracts
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Zusammenfassung:The antimalarial drug artemisinin (ART) is commercially extracted from the medicinal plant Artemisia annua L. Here, we report the screening of 70 A. annua plants representing 14 diverse germplasm accessions sourced from around the world, and identify lines containing >2% ART. These extremely high-yielding individuals have been maintained as vegetative clones, and they represent promising germplasm resources for future A. annua breeding programmes.
ISSN:1479-2621
1479-263X
DOI:10.1017/S1479262112000159