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ArticleProtoplasma2015

Improved antioxidant activity in transgenic Perilla frutescens plants via overexpression of the γ-tocopherol methyltransferase (γ-tmt) gene.

Bimal Kumar Ghimire, Eun Soo Seong, Chan Ok Lee, Jae Geun Lee, Chang Yeon Yu, Seung Hyun Kim, Ill Min Chung

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Article in Protoplasma, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bimal Kumar GhimireDepartment of Applied Bioscience, Konkuk University, Seoul, 143-701, South Korea.
Eun Soo Seong
Chan Ok Lee
Jae Geun Lee
Chang Yeon Yu
Seung Hyun Kim
Ill Min Chung
Kangwon National University · KRKonkuk University · KR

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Abstract

The main goal of this study was to generate transgenic Perilla frutescens with enhanced antioxidant properties by overexpressing the γ-tocopherol methyltransferase (γ-tmt) gene. In this study, the antioxidant activity of methanolic crude extracts of transgenic and non-transgenic control plants was investigated using the 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging method. Free radical scavenging activity was evaluated using α-tocopherol and butylated hydroxyl toluene as standard antioxidants. In general, the ethyl acetate fraction of transgenic P. frutescens showed stronger DPPH radical scavenging activity than the ethyl acetate fraction from non-transgenic control plants (IC50 2.00 ± 0.10 and 5.53 ± 0.40 μg ∙ ml(-1), respectively). High-performance liquid chromatography analysis of phenolic acids in leaf extracts confirmed increased levels of 16 individual phenolic compounds in two transgenic lines (pf47-5 and pf47-8) compared with control plants. Changes in the phenolic compound profile and α-tocopherol content were correlated with the antioxidant properties of transgenic plants, indicating that the introduction of transgene γ-tmt influenced the metabolism of phenolic compounds and subsequently produced biochemical changes in the transformants. There were no significant differences in photosynthetic rate in the transgenic plants as compared to the non-transgenic control plants, suggesting that the alteration of phenolic compounds and tocopherol composition had little impact on photosynthesis.

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Arabidopsis ProteinsBiphenyl CompoundsEnzyme InductionFree Radical ScavengersGene ExpressionMethyltransferasesPerilla frutescensPhenolsPhotosynthesisPicratesPlant ExtractsPlants, Genetically Modified1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazylArabidopsis ProteinsBiphenyl CompoundsFree Radical Scavengersgamma-tocopherol methyltransferaseMethyltransferasesPhenolsPicratesPlant Extracts

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