One step more towards taxane production through enhanced Taxus propagation

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 825-830

  Majada, J P ^a   Sierra, M I ^a   Sanchez Tames R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

10 Deacetylbaccatin III; Paclitaxel; Plant propagation; Taxanes; Taxus baccata L.

Indexed keywords

10 DEACETYLBACCATIN III; ACTIVATED CARBON; BENZYLAMINOPURINE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIANCE; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO CULTURE; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SUCROSE; TAXANE; TAXOL;

TAXUS;

EID: 0033895226     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002990000196     Document Type: Article

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