Cryopreservation of transformed (hairy) roots of Atemisia annua

Cryobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-117

  Teoh, K H ^a   Weathers, P J ^a   Cheetham, R D ^a   Walcerz, D B ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ARTEMISININ; ARTEMISININ DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; SESQUITERPENE; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARTEMISININS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SESQUITERPENES; SUCROSE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030074607     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.0011     Document Type: Article

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