Available technologies
Micropropagation protocol for Duboisia spp. with superior alkaloid content
Team
Life Science
Industry
Healthcare, Agriculture & Rural Development
Sector
Plants & Crops
Duboisia species are the world’s leading natural source of scopolamine, a high-value alkaloid used in pharmaceuticals for treating motion sickness, muscle spasms, and neurological disorders. Australia supplies over 70% of the global market, yet the industry experiences a critical bottleneck: current propagation methods for commercial Duboisia is slow, inconsistent, and reliant on ageing mother plants. Traditional cutting-based methods are labourintensive and yield variable results, limiting the scalability of plantations.
Key features
- Enables propagation of elite Duboisia lines from minimal starting material.
- Achieves up to 1075 shoots from just 10 meristems within five subculture cycles.
- Overcomes the recalcitrance of D. hopwoodii in traditional agar-based rooting methods.
- Developed by world-renowned tissue culture team.
