Recently, cell cultures and cell suspensions have been frequently employed to produce phytotherapics with high amounts of active principles. Barbatimão is a native species from the Cerrado, with tannins in the stem bark. In order to induce callus in barbatimão and evaluate the content of total phenols and tannins, leaf explants were inoculated on MS medium, supplemented with sucrose 30 g L¹ and 2,4-D (0, 4.52, 9.05, 18.10 μM ) and BA (0, 4.44, 8.88, 17.75 μM ), in the presence and absence of light. The callogenesis occurred on medium containing 2,4-D, in the presence of light. The callus number did not alter with the different concentrations of 2,4-D but higher values of dry and fresh matter of the callus and total phenol contents were observed in medium with 9.05 μM and 18.10 μM of 2,4-D, independently of the light treatment. In treatments with BA, the callogenesis occurred in the absence of light and higher callus induction was observed in medium supplemented with 4.44 and 8.88 μM BA in the absence of light and higher values of dry and fresh matter of the callus were observed in medium increased with 4.44 μM BA. Callus grown on medium supplemented with 4.44 and 17.75 μM BA showed higher total phenol content. Tannins were not detected independently of the regulator used.
Medicinal plant; savannah; callus; 2,4-D; BA; Stryphnodendron adsrtingens; barbatimão
