Taxus sp. cell, tissue and organ cultures as alternative sources for taxoids production: A literature survey

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 59-75

  Jaziri, Mondher ^a   Zhiri, Abdesslam ^a   Guo, Yan Wen ^a   Dupont, Jean Pierre ^a   Shimomura, Koichiro ^b   Hamada, Hiroki ^c   Vanhaelen, Maurice ^a   Homès, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

paclitaxel; review; taxoid; Taxus sp.; tissue culture

Indexed keywords

TAXUS;

EID: 0030481739     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00039697     Document Type: Article

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