Anhui Province Key Lab of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety 1 article published in JoVE Biochemistry Study on the Metabolism of Six Systemic Insecticides in a Newly Established Cell Suspension Culture Derived from Tea (Camellia Sinensis L.) Leaves Weiting Jiao*1,2, Guoqin Ge*1, Rimao Hua2, Jun Sun1, Yeyun Li1, Ruyan Hou1 1State Key Laboratory of Tea Plant Biology and Utilization, School of Tea and Food Science & Technology, Anhui Province Key Lab of Analysis and Detection for Food Safety, 2School of Resource & Environment, Anhui Agricultural University, Key Laboratory of Agri-food Safety of Anhui Province This work presents a protocol for establishing a cell suspension culture derived from tea (Camellia sinensis L.) leaves that can be used to study the metabolism of external compounds that can be taken up by the whole plant, such as insecticides.
