Furoquinoline alkaloid accumulation in Fagara zanthoxyloides cell cultures is highly dependent on the presence of exogenous benzylaminopurine

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-206

  Couillerot, Eric ^a   Caron, Catherine ^a   Audran, Jean Claude ^a   Jardillier, Jean Claude ^a   Chénieux, Jean Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

6 benzylaminopurine; alkaloids; cell suspension; Fagara zanthoxyloides; furoquinoline; growth regulators; naphtaleneacetic acid

Indexed keywords

FAGARA; FAGARA ZANTHOXYLOIDES; RUTACEAE;

EID: 0029953515     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00037792     Document Type: Article

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