Background : With the increasing demand of the mistletoe in larger quantities for cancer therapy, it has been depleted from its natural habitat in the Far East countries including Korea because of overharvesting for high-value products (e.g., lectins and viscotoxins). The rapid multiplication of mistletoe by tissue culture can help this problem and provide the benefits in the phamaceutical industry. Methods and Results : Mistletoe plants growing on oak trees were collected and their leaf and stem segments were inoculated on MS basal medium supplemented with various concentrations of growth regulators. Calli were induced only from stem explants on MS medium containing 2,4-D and transferred onto MS medium supplemented with various concentrations of 2,4-D, NAA and BAP, respectively, for their propagation. The best callus multiplication rate of more than 15 folds (759 mg) was obtained in treatment of 2,4-D (4 mg/L) that produced yellowish-green, white and friable callus on this medium. To compare biochemical characterization, lectins were partially purified from natural mistletoe plants (nML) and in vitro cultured mistletoe calli (cML), respectively. The former was purified by lactose-agarose affinity chromatography and the latter was done by ammonium sulfate precipitation followed Sephadex G-25 chromatography. Both nML and cML showed similar molecular weight on SDS-PAGE and Western blot analyses. In addition, they showed similar carbohydrate-binding specificities and hemagglutination activities. Conclusion : From the above results, we may suggest that nML and cML showed the similarity in biochemical characters.
봉의꼬리에 있어서 생육은 일반상토인 모래: 마사토 : 부엽토(2:5:3)와 피트모스 : 이끼(5:5) 조합에서 많았으므로 인공상토로는 피트모스에 이끼를 덮은 조합이 유리한 것으로 나타났다. 도깨비고비의 경우에는 전체적으로 배양토 적응성이 높게 나타났으며 역시 피트모스 : 펄라이트(7:3) 조합에서 생육량이 가장 많았다. 그러나 바크와 톱밥이 들어간 배양토에서는 생육이 저조하였다. 부싯깃고사리의 경우 초장과 엽수의 생육으로 볼 때 모래 : 마사토 : 부엽(2:5:3) 조합이 가장 크고 많았으며 그 다음이 피트모스 : 펄라이트(7:3, 5:5) 조합 순이었다.