Laboratory of Biologically Active Compounds

Contacts

Group head:

RNDr. Milena Cvikrová

Centre:

Lysolaje

Address:

Rozvojová 263, 165 02 Praha 6 - Lysolaje

Email:

cvikrova@ueb.cas.cz

Phone:

+420 225 106 409

Research areas of the laboratory:

Metabolism of phenolic compounds, growth regulators and polyamines in plant tissue cultures, metabolism of phenolic compounds and polyamines in relation to growth and differentiation.
Somatic embryogenesis of conifers (Picea abies, Abies alba, A. cephalonica, A. nordmanniana): induction of embryogenic cultures, maturation, desiccation, and germination of somatic embryos. Endogenous phytohormones during somatic embryogenesis (ABA, IAA, cytokinins, polyamines, ethylene), anatomy of somatic embryos. Cryopreservation of conifer embryogenic cultures.
Computer image analysis, microscopy, confocal microscopy. Cytoskeleton.
Phytoremediation.
Regulation of flower induction.

Workers:

head of the laboratory
senior scientist

RNDr. Milena Cvikrová

scientist

Mgr. Kateřina Eliášová PhD.
Mgr. Jan Kolář Ph.D.
RNDr. Martin Vágner CSc.
RNDr. Zuzana Vondráková CSc.

technician

scientific assistant

RNDr. Marie Hrubcová

graduated technical assistant

Ing. Olga Martincová

Research projects:

Publications:

Number of publications: 57

2009

Study of soil–plant transfer of 226Ra under greenhouse conditions

Soudek P., Petrová Š., Benešová D., Kotyza J., Vágner M., Vaňková R., Vaněk T.
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RADIOACTIVITY in press 2009
Polyamine metabolism during the cell cycle of synchronized tobacco BY-2 cell line

Gemperlová L., Cvikrová M., Fischerová L., Binarová P., Fischer L., Eder J.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 47 584-591 2009
Horseweed with reduced susceptibility to glyphosate found in the Czech republic

Chodová D., Salava J., Martincová O., Cvikrová M.
JOURNAL AGRICULTURAL FOOD CHEMISTRY 57(15): 6957-6961 2009
Polyamine profiles and biosynthesis in somatic embryo development and comparison of germinating somatic and zygotic embryos of Norway spruce

Gemperlová L., Fischerová L., Cvikrová M., Malá J., Vondráková Z., Martincová O., Vágner M.
TREE PHYSIOLOGY 29(10) 1287-1298 2009

2008

Reduction of mineral nutrient availability accelerates flowering of Arabidopsis thaliana

Kolář J., Seňková J.
JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 165 1601-1609 2008 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
Two FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) homologs in Chenopodium rubrum differ in expression patterns

Cháb D., Kolář J., Olson M. S., Štorchová H.
PLANTA 228 929-940 2008 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
Induced changes in phenolic acids and stilbenes in embryogenic cell cultures of Norway spruce by culture filtrate of Ascocalyx abietina.

Cvikrová M., Malá J., Hrubcová M., Eder J., Foretová S.
JOURNAL OF PLANT DISEASES AND PROTECTION 115 57-62 2008 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
Excretion of polyamines in alfalfa and tobacco suspension-cultured cells and its possible role in maintenance of intracellular polyamine contents.

Cvikrová M., Gemperlová L., Eder J., Zažímalová E.
PLANT CELL REPORTS 27 1147-1156 2008 Fulltext: public PDF link
Comparison of the main bioactive compounds and antioxidant activities in garlic and white and red onions after treatment protocols.

Gorinstein S., Leontowicz H., Leontowicz M., Namiesnik J., Najman K., Drzewiecki J., Cvikrová M., Martincová O., Trakhtenberg S.
JOURNAL AGRICULTURAL FOOD CHEMISTRY 56 4418-4426 2008 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only
Expression of the gene encoding transcription factor PaVP1 differs in Picea abies embryogenic lines depending on their ability to develop somatic embryos.

Fischerová L., Fischer L., Vondráková Z., Vágner M.
PLANT CELL REPORTS 27(3) 435-441 2008 Fulltext: PDF link on intranet only

Institute of Experimental Botany AS CR We are Discovering the Plant World

head of the laboratorysenior scientist