Improved artemisinin accumulation in hairy root cultures of Artemisia annua by (22S, 23S)-homobrassinolide

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 19, 2002, Pages 1573-1577

  Wang, Jian Wen ^a   Kong, Fang Xiang ^a   Tan, Ren Xiang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

(22S, 23S) homobrassinolide; Artemisia annua; Artemisinin; Hairy roots

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA ANNUA;

EID: 0036803008     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020377130657     Document Type: Article

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