Effect of Salicylic Acid in the Yield of Ricinine in <i>Ricinus communis</i> under Greenhouse Condition
Carlos Eduardo Zavala-Gómez,
Eloy Rodríguez-deLeón,
Mamadou Moustapha Bah,
Ana Angélica Feregrino-Pérez,
Juan Campos-Guillén,
Aldo Amaro-Reyes,
José Alberto Rodríguez-Morales,
Juan Fernando García-Trejo,
Antonio Flores-Macias,
Rodolfo Figueroa-Brito,
Miguel Angel Ramos-López
Affiliations
Carlos Eduardo Zavala-Gómez
Biosystems Engineering Group, Division of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, C.U., Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Eloy Rodríguez-deLeón
Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Mamadou Moustapha Bah
Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Ana Angélica Feregrino-Pérez
Biosystems Engineering Group, Division of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, C.U., Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Juan Campos-Guillén
Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Aldo Amaro-Reyes
Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
José Alberto Rodríguez-Morales
Nanosystems Laboratory, Division of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Juan Fernando García-Trejo
Biosystems Engineering Group, Division of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Engineering, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, C.U., Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Antonio Flores-Macias
Department of Agricultural and Animal Production, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco, Calzada del Hueso 1100, Mexico City 04960, Mexico
Rodolfo Figueroa-Brito
Biotic Products Development Center, National Polytechnic Institute, Calle Ceprobi No. 6, Yautepec 62731, Mexico
Miguel Angel Ramos-López
Faculty of Chemistry, Autonomous University of Querétaro, Cerro de las Campanas, S/N, Colonia Las Campanas, Santiago de Querétaro 76010, Mexico
Castor bean (Ricinus communis) seeds contain ricinine, an alkaloid with insecticidal and insectistatic activities. Elicitation with salicylic acid (SA) has proven to stress R. communis and might modify the ricinine concentration. The aim of this study was to evaluate the concentration of ricinine in the bagasse of seeds from R. communis elicited with exogenous SA under greenhouse conditions. Plants were grown and divided into five groups, which were sprayed with SA and drench with 50 mL 60 days after sowing with concentrations of SA (0, 100, 300, 600 and 900 µM). Clusters were mixed and separated according to the treatment, and dried. The seeds were ground, the oil was extracted by Soxhlet with hexane, and then the bagasse was extracted with methanol. Ricinine was determined by HPLC. Elicitation did not change the plant height or diameter; the control group had 9.17 µg mL−1 of ricinine; and the concentrations followed a hormesis curve with the peak at 300 µM of SA that had a ricinine concentration of 18.25 µg mL−1. Elicitation with SA might be a cost-effective technique to increase ricinine from R. communis bagasse.
