Abstract
Thymus species are aromatic plants with diverse applications in food industries and medicine. This study was conducted to evaluate the potential effect of ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) on callus proliferation and thymol and carvacrol production in three Thymus species, that is, T. vulgaris, T. daenensis, and T. kotschyanus, and Zataria multiflora. For this purpose, callus induction was performed on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium containing different plant growth regulators (PGRs). After optimization of callus growth, the effects of different concentrations of ZnO NPs (100 and 150mgL-1 ) were investigated. MS containing 2mgL-1 of 2, 4-dichlorophenoxy acetic acid (2,4-D) and 1mgL-1 of kinetin (Kin) revealed significantly highest fresh weight (0.18g) of callus in T. kotschyanus. Callus growth rate (0.079mmday-1 ) was found highest in T. vulgaris under similar conditions. Moreover, highest callus induction (92.50%) was achieved by T. kotschyanus in MS containing 2.5mgL-1 of 2,4-D. Regarding the highest content of thymol (22.8mgL-1 ) and carvacrol (0.68mgL-1 ) evaluated by high-performance liquid chromatography, best results were achieved under 150mgL-1 of ZnO NPs in T. kotschyanus and T. daenesis, respectively. This is simple and cost-effective method to be applied on industrial level for production of enhanced secondary metabolites content.
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