| Summary: | Fruits
and leaves of Vaccinium species have
rich bioactive phytochemicals. These bioactive phytochemicals make these plants
particularly valuable for the medical and food industry. This novel approach
was designed to determine the phenolic content of Vaccinium species obtained from both micropropagated and naturally
growing leaves. An efficient micropropagation protocol was developed to produce
tree Vaccinium species plantlets via
direct organogenesis. Lateral buds containing one or two leaves were cultured
in McCown woody plant medium (WPM), supplemented with zeatin/indole-3-butyric
acid (IBA) (1.0/0.1 mg L–1).
In conclusion, Protocatechuic acid, Chlorogenic acid, Syringic acid and Routine
phenolic compounds were determined in significant amounts. It has been
determined that the phenolic compounds of leaves produced in tissue cultures is
higher than the phenolic compounds obtained from naturally growing leaves.
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