Stimulation of Rosmarinic Acid in Shoot Cultures of Oregano (Origanum vulgare) Clonal Line in Response to Proline, Proline Analogue, and Proline Precursors

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2888-2893

  Yang, Ronghui ^a   Shetty, Kalidas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Azetidine 2 carboxylate; Origanum vulgare; Ornithine; Phenolics; Proline; Rosmarinic acid; Shoot culture

Indexed keywords

ORIGANUM VULGARE;

EID: 0000054236     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9802629     Document Type: Article

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