Effect of auxin and phenobarbital on the ultrastructure and digitoxin content in Digitalis purpurea tissue culture

Canadian Journal of Botany

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 378-382

  Bonfill, Mercedes ^a   Palazón, Javier ^a   Cusidó, Rosa M ^a   Piñol, M Teresa ^a   Morales, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Digitalis purpurea tissue cultures; Digitoxin; Mitochondria; Phenobarbital

Indexed keywords

DIGITALIS PURPUREA;

EID: 0030021129     PISSN: 00084026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/b96-047     Document Type: Article

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