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Review

Tissue Culture Response of Ornamental and Medicinal Aesculus Species—A Review

by
Snežana Zdravković-Korać
*,
Jelena Milojević
,
Maja Belić
and
Dušica Ćalić
Department of Plant Physiology, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Plants 2022, 11(3), 277; https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030277
Submission received: 25 December 2021 / Revised: 14 January 2022 / Accepted: 17 January 2022 / Published: 20 January 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Plant Tissue Culture II)

Abstract

Species of the genus Aesculus are very attractive woody ornamentals. Their organs contain numerous health-promoting phytochemicals. The most valuable of them—aescin—is used in commercial preparations for the treatment of venous insufficiency. The industrial source of aescin is horse chestnut seeds because the zygotic embryos are the main site of its accumulation. Horse chestnut somatic and zygotic embryos contain similar amount of aescin, hence somatic embryos could be exploited as an alternative source of aescin. Somatic embryogenesis, androgenesis and de novo shoot organogenesis were successfully achieved in several Aesculus species, as well as secondary somatic embryogenesis and shoot organogenesis, which enables mass production of embryos and shoots. In addition, an efficient method for cryopreservation of embryogenic tissue was established, assuring constant availability of the plant material. The developed methods are suitable for clonal propagation of elite specimens selected as the best aescin producers, the most attractive ornamentals or plants resistant to pests and diseases. These methods are also useful for molecular breeding purposes. Thus, in this review, the medicinal uses and a comprehensive survey of in vitro propagation methods established for Aesculus species, as well as the feasibility of in vitro production of aescin, are presented and discussed.
Keywords: aescin; androgenesis; Aesculus; genetic transformation; hairy roots; shoot organogenesis; somatic embryogenesis; secondary somatic embryogenesis aescin; androgenesis; Aesculus; genetic transformation; hairy roots; shoot organogenesis; somatic embryogenesis; secondary somatic embryogenesis

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Zdravković-Korać, S.; Milojević, J.; Belić, M.; Ćalić, D. Tissue Culture Response of Ornamental and Medicinal Aesculus Species—A Review. Plants 2022, 11, 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030277

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Zdravković-Korać S, Milojević J, Belić M, Ćalić D. Tissue Culture Response of Ornamental and Medicinal Aesculus Species—A Review. Plants. 2022; 11(3):277. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030277

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Zdravković-Korać, Snežana, Jelena Milojević, Maja Belić, and Dušica Ćalić. 2022. "Tissue Culture Response of Ornamental and Medicinal Aesculus Species—A Review" Plants 11, no. 3: 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030277

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Zdravković-Korać, S., Milojević, J., Belić, M., & Ćalić, D. (2022). Tissue Culture Response of Ornamental and Medicinal Aesculus Species—A Review. Plants, 11(3), 277. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11030277

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