Taxol production in suspension cultures of Taxus baccata

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-102

  Hirasuna, Thomas J ^a,c   Pestchanker, Luis J ^b   Srinivasan, Venkatesh ^a   Shuler, Michael L ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c International Food Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Excretion; Natural products; Plant tissue culture; Secondary metabolites; Taxanes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002436909     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00048185     Document Type: Article

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