Diosgenin and phytosterols content in five callus lines of Dioscorea balcanica

Plant Science

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 63-67

  Šavikin Fodulović, Katarina ^a   Grubišić, Dragoljub ^a,b   Ćulafić, Ljubinka ^c   Menković, Nebojša ^a   Ristić, Mihailo ^a  

^a Institute for Medicinal Plants Research   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^c Faculty of Biology   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Callus lines; Cholesterol; Dioscorea balcanica; Diosgenin; Norflurazon; Phytosterols

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; DIOSGENIN; NORFLURAZON; PHYTOSTEROL; STEROID HORMONE;

ARTICLE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED;

DIOSCOREA BALCANICA;

EID: 0345367951     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9452(98)00036-3     Document Type: Article

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