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Light effects on artemisinin production

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Compared to constant light or darkness, transformed roots of Artemisia annua produce more biomass and more of the anti-cancer and anti-malarial terpenoid, artemisinin, when grown with a 12/12 photoperiod. This project sought to determine if this was a circadian response or a light stress response. Experiments were performed which suggest that the response is due to light stress, increasing artemisinin yield with a dark to low light intensity shift, and some agent is affecting the physical structure of the roots.

  • This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.
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  • 04B026M
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  • 2004
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  • 2004-01-01
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