CO2 enrichment and supporting material impact the primary metabolism and 20-hydroxyecdysone levels in Brazilian ginseng grown under photoautotrophy

In vitro photoautotrophic propagation system has been successfully established for Pfaffia glomerata, a medicinal species that produces the phytoecdysteroid 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) under forced ventilation and CO2 enrichment. For that, an adequate supporting material with high porosity in place of agar is required. In this study, we investigated metabolic and morpho-anatomical alterations of two accessions (Ac) of P. glomerata (Ac 22 and Ac 43)...