Flavor compounds from allium root cultures
US5244794A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 1991 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2011 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12P13/04
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Root organ cultures of the monocot genus Allium were successfully grown in culture medium. In a preferred bioreactor system, the roots themselves can be grown and harvested as a source of various Allium flavors and/or the growing roots can be reacted with various nutrients to produce Allium flavor compounds independent of the root harvesting. The root cultures of the present invention produce quantities of onion and onion-like flavor compounds comparable to those found in onion bulbs. Flavor precursors ar This invention was made in part under NSF Grant No. 85-03183. The U.S. Government has certain rights to this invention.
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