Detailed Investigations on the Solid Cell Culture and Antimicrobial Activities of the IranianArnebia euchroma

Table 1

The average amount of shikalkin pigment extracted from 5 samples of the natural Iranian A. euchroma roots and 5 pieces (taken from 5 different petri dishes) of the A. euchroma calli subcultured on mM9 [supplemented by IAA (10⁻⁶ M), kinetin (10⁻⁵ M), and sucrose 25 g/L) maintained in the dark at 25°C for 3 weeks.

Dried root (g)	Extraced pigment (g)	Pigment/dried root (%)	Wet callus (g)	Dried callus (g)	Produced pigment (g)	Pigment/dried callus (%)
9.55	0.8116 ± 0.031	8.5	0.2074	0.0156 ± 0.0076	0.0219 ± 0.0103	140.4