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Results indicated that UV-C (10 min) exposure increased rosmarinic acid (134.5 mg\/g dry weight (DW)), which was 2.3-fold greater than control. Chichoric acid (51.52 mg\/g DW) and anthocyanin (cyanide 0.50 mg\/g DW) were almost 4.1-fold, while peonidin was found 2.7-fold higher in UV-C (50 min) exposure. In the case of melatonin, 1.0 mg\/L concentrations showed maximum rosmarinic acid (79.4 mg\/g DW) accumulation; i.e., 1.4-fold more, as compared to the control. However, 2 mg\/L melatonin accumulate chichoric acid (39.99 mg\/g DW) and anthocyanin (cyanide: 0.45 mg\/g DW and peonidin: 0.22 mg\/g DW); i.e., 3.2, 3.7 and 2.0-fold increase, as compared to the control, respectively. On the other hand, melatonin-combined treatment (melatonin (Mel) (4 mg\/L) + UV-C (20 min)) was proved to be effective in caffeic acid elicitation, which was 1.9-fold greater than the control. Furthermore, antioxidant potential was evaluated by both in vitro (DPPH, ABTS and FRAP assays) and in cellulo methods. Maximum in vitro antioxidant activity (DPPH: 90.6% and ABTS: 1909.5 \u00b5M) was observed for UV-C (50 min)-treated cultures. The highest in vitro antioxidant activity measured with the ABTS assay as compared to the FRAP assay, suggesting the main contribution of antioxidants from basil callus extracts acting through a hydrogen atom transfer (HAT) over an electron transfer (ET)-based mechanism. Cellular antioxidant assay was evaluated by production of ROS\/RNS species using yeast cell cultures and further confirmed the protective action of the corresponding callus extracts against oxidative stress. Overall, both melatonin and UV-C are here proved to be effective elicitors since a positive correlation between the induced production of phenolic compounds, and in cellulo antioxidant action of basil callus extracts were observed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules25051072","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,3,2]],"date-time":"2020-03-02T07:52:35Z","timestamp":1583135555000},"page":"1072","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":71,"title":["Interactive Effect of Melatonin and UV-C on Phenylpropanoid Metabolite Production and Antioxidant Potential in Callus Cultures of Purple Basil (Ocimum basilicum L. var purpurascens)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"25","author":[{"given":"Munazza","family":"Nazir","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-45320, Pakistan"},{"name":"Department of Botany, University of Azad Jammu &amp;Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir 13230, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1501-0549","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Muhammad","family":"Asad Ullah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-45320, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sadia","family":"Mumtaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Women University of Azad Jammu &amp;Kashmir Bagh, Azad Kashmir 12500, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aisha","family":"Siddiquah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-45320, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Muzamil","family":"Shah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-45320, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Samantha","family":"Drouet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures (LBLGC), INRA USC1328, Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, 45067 Orl\u00e9ans CEDEX 2, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9938-0151","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Christophe","family":"Hano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures (LBLGC), INRA USC1328, Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Orl\u00e9ans, 45067 Orl\u00e9ans CEDEX 2, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6529-2134","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bilal Haider","family":"Abbasi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biotechnology, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-45320, Pakistan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,27]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"473","article-title":"Micropropagation and In Vitro Secondary Metabolites Production of Ocimum Species","volume":"8","author":"Kasem","year":"2017","journal-title":"J. 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