현탁배양에 의한 박하 세포의 생장 특성을 살펴보기 위하여 박하 잎으로부터 캘러스를 유기하고 이 캘러스 중 쉽게 퇴화되지 않고 생육 속도가 빠른 우수 세포주를 선발하였으며 선발된 세포주를 현탁 배양하였다. 현탁 배양중 배지의 조성, 식물 생장 호르몬, 배지의 pH가 생육에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 배지로서 사용한 Lin-Staba 배지, B5 배지, MS 배지 중 에서는 Lin-Staba 배지에서 세포의 생육이 가장 좋았으며 특히 이 배지에 100 mg/l yeast extract를 첨가했을 때 생육은 크게 저해되었다. 식물 생장 호르몬의 경우는 cytokinin류가 auxin류를 첨가했을 때보다 생장 속도가 더 빨라졌다. 배지의 초기 pH는 생장에 큰 영향을 주지 못하였다.
To investigate the production of monoterpenoids by Mentha pipperita cells in suspension culture, effects of media formulation, plant growth hormones, initial pH of the media, and cold stress on the production of essential oil and menthol were analyzed. Among the media employed, Lin-Staba medium resulted in the best essential oil production. Addition of 100 mg/l of yeast extract to the Lin-Staba medium induced the cells to produce large amount of essential oil and high content of menthol (0.39 g/l and 19.6%, respectively). In the effect of plant growth hormone, auxine were more effective than cytokinins. At initial pH of 4.7, oil production was good but menthol content was low. However at pH 5.7 the trend was reversed. When the culture temperature was lowered from $27^{circ}$ to $10^{circ}$ during 6 hour-dark period, growth was not changed much but essential oil production and menthol content was increased and reached to 528 mg/l and 21%, respectively.
