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  • Title: [Effect of nitrogen on camptothecin content in Camptotheca acuminata seedlings].
    Author: Sun SQ, Yan XF.
    Journal: Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi; 2008 Feb; 33(4):356-9. PubMed ID: 18533483.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of nitrogen concentration on the camptothecin (CPT) content in Camptotheca acuminata seedlings: METHOD: The seedlings of C. acuminata with 6 pair of leaves were subjected to five nitrogen concentrations treatments by sand culture in a greenhouse. The CPT content in the seedlings was determined by HPLC on the 20th, 35th, 50th, 65th and 80th day respectively. RESULT: The CPT content in the young leaves of C. acuminata seedlings supplied with different nitrogen concentration was significantly higher than that in other organs (P < 0.01), and it showed a single peak curve with the time course, the highest CPT content was observed on the 50th day after treatment. The CPT content in the young leaves obviously declined with increasing nitrogen concentration, and it reached the highest (6.72%) when nitrogen concentration was 4 mmol x L(-1), equal to 1.1 times that of 16 mmol x L(-1) nitrogen. CONCLUSION: The results demonstrate that proper deficient nitrogen stress can significantly enhance CPT accumulation in young leaves of C. acuminata seedlings.
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