How To Obtain the Cells of Jasmine?

Arabian jasmine, botanical name Jasminum sambac, is a plant native to tropical Asia. Because of its fragrance and sacred significance in Asian religions, it is one of the most famous flowers; it opens at the end of the day to better reveal all its olfactory power. The symbolic power is rich – because this flower represents purity, gentleness, femininity and nobility.

Native jasmine cells are cells taken locally from the plant. To obtain them, an environmentally friendly and biodiversity-protecting biotechnological process is required. This involves several steps:

1. Plant selection and sampling: taking a piece from the plant (leaves or other) ;

2. In-vitro culture of the extracted part of the plant: Several growths on a new nutrient medium composed of water, minerals, sugars and vitamins;

3. Elicitation: stimulation of the cell culture by UV and visible light to produce metabolites (active molecules);

4. Rinsing: removing all traces of the culture medium;

5. Filtration of the cells;

6. Sonication of the cells and dispersion of the extract in sunflower oil.

This type of extraction preserves all the active molecules present in the plant cells, which gives this compound a complementary action to other plant extracts (vegetable oils, essential oils and hydrolates).