In vitro micropropagation, differentiation of aerial bulbils and tubers and diosgenin content in Dioscorea bulbifera

Planta Medica

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 778-779

  Narula, Alka ^a   Kumar, Sanjeev ^b   Bansal, K C ^c   Srivastava, P S ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b AMITY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE ON PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; CASEIN HYDROLYSATE; CYSTEINE; DIOSGENIN; GLUTAMINE; INDOLEACETIC ACID; KINETIN;

ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROPROPAGATION; NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD COMPONENT; QUANTUM YIELD;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIOSCOREA; DIOSGENIN; HUMANS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT SHOOTS; REGENERATION;

DIOSCOREA; DIOSCOREA BULBIFERA;

EID: 0141593592     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-42781     Document Type: Article

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