The Effects of Chitosan and Salicylic acid On Elicitation Of Secondary Metabolites in Callus culture of Matricaria chamomilla

Matricarai chamomilla is one of valuable medicinal plant. Matricaria shows different pharmacological activities like anti-inflammatory, anti cancer, treatment of stress and depression, anti allergic. More than ۱۲۰ chemical constituents have been identified in Chamomilla as secondary metabolites such as terpenoids, flavonoids, cumarins and polyacetylenes.This study investigated the effect of different concentrations of two elicitors, chitosan (۱۰, ۲۰, ۳۰ mg/L) and Salicylic acid (۱۰, ۲۰, ۳۰ mg/L) on production of secondary metabolites. The highest content of flavonoids and anthocyanin were observed under elicitation respectively by (۳۰mg/L) and (۲۰ mg/L) salicylic acid for secondary production of Matricaria chamomilla.This indicated superiority of salicylic acid for production of secondary metabolite

Keywords:

Elicitors , Matricaria chamomilla , Secondary Metabolites