Hyoscyamine and proline accumulation in water-stressed hyoscyamus muticus 'hairy root' cultures

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 240-244

  Halperin, Stephen J ^a   Flores, Hector E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

'hairy roots'; Hyoscyamine; Hyoscyamus muticus; Proline; Putrescine; Water stress

Indexed keywords

HYOSCYAMUS MUTICUS;

EID: 0031462914     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-997-0030-x     Document Type: Article

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