Cell suspension culture of Solanum chrysotrichum (Schldl.) - A plant producing an antifungal spirostanol saponin

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-44

  Villarreal, Ma Luisa ^a,e   Arias, Carlos ^b   Feria Velasco, Alfredo ^c   Ramírez, Octavio Tonatiuh ^d   Quintero, Rodolfo ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antifungal; Batch suspension culture; Solanum chrysotrichum Schldl.; Spirostanol saponin

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SOLANUM; SOLANUM CHRYSOTRICHUM;

EID: 0030693117     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005850422063     Document Type: Article

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