PHENYLETHANOID GLYCOSIDES IN PLANTAGO MEDIA L. ORGANS OBTAINED IN IN VITRO CULTURES

Micropropagation of Plantago media L. and the presence of phenolic compounds in organs of multiplied plants were investigated for the first time. Multiplication of plant material was achieved in shoot-Up cultures and via direct organogenesis on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium with four variants of plant growth regulators (M1-M4). The best multiplication coefficient - 9.2 was obtained In seedling shoot-tip cultures on MS medium M3 with BA 0.2 mg/L and IAA 1.0 mg/L. Methanol extracts prepared separately from shoots and roots of in vitro-derived plantlets were found to contain typical of the genus Plantago L. phenylethanoid glycosides as the only phenolics. Acteoside and plantamajoside were the major compounds - both known to possess a wide range of promising biological activities applicable for medicinal (therapeutic) and cosmetic uses. Martynoside, as a trace constituent, was also found for the first time In the studied species. The quantitative screening of the extracts by TLC video densitometric method showed a higher content of acteoside In shoots (range 62.43-93.03 mg/g, dry weight) and plantamajoside in roots (range 22.45-44.08 mg/g): the highest recorded values - 93.03 mg/g and 44.08 mg/g. respectively, were found in the organs obtained on MS medium M4 with BA 2.0 mg/L.