Method for producing saffron stigma-like tissue and method for producing useful components from saffron stigma-like tissue
US5085995A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 28, 1989 |
| Grant date | Feb 4, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 28, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N5/0025
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for producing a stigma-like tissue of a saffron flower comprising (1) culturing a corolla tube of a saffron in the presence of a plant hormone or (2) culturing a female organ and/or a corolla tube of a saffron flower in the presence of a plant hormone and alanine, and a method for producing useful components of a saffron flower, e.g., saffron pigment, from the thus produced stigma-like tissue. The tissue cultures produce larger quantitites of the stigma-like tissue and useful components, compared to that obtained by conventional tissue cultures.
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