Enhanced colchicine production in root cultures of Gloriosa superba by direct and indirect precursors of the biosynthetic pathway

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 231-234

  Ghosh, Biswajit ^a,b   Mukherjee, Swapna ^a,b   Jha, Timir B ^a,b   Jha, Sumita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

^b RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA CENTENARY COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Colchicine Gloriosa superba; Root culture

Indexed keywords

CINNAMIC ACID; COLCHICINE; META TYRAMINE; PARA COUMARIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; GLORIOSA SUPERBA; GROWTH RATE; HERB; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; ROOT CELL;

GLORIOSA; GLORIOSA SUPERBA;

EID: 0036165362     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014129225583     Document Type: Article

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