Flavour production in plant cell cultures of basmati rice (<i>Oryza sativa</i> L)

Abstract

Abstract Callus cultures of naturally flavoured rice ( Oryza sativa var 370) called basmati were obtained on Murashige and Skoog medium with 2,4‐dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and kinetin. There was a perceptible basmati flavour in fresh callus. The volatile flavour components of basmati rice and callus were obtained by steam distillation‐solvent extraction and were analysed on GC‐MS. A qualitative comparison of volatile flavour components of callus cultures and natural basmati rice was also made. The results show the presence of 29 major compounds in rice and 23 in callus. The identified compounds include hydrocarbons, ketones, aldehydes, alcohols and esters. This demonstrated the potential of callus of basmati rice for flavour development.