Biotransformation of hydroquinone to arbutin in plant in vitro cultures - Preliminary results

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-87

  Skrzypczak Pietraszek, Ewa ^a   Szewczyk, Agnieszka ^a   Piekoszewska, Agata ^a   Ekiert, Halina ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Echinacea purpurea; Exacum affine; Glucosylation; Melittis melissophyllum; Ruta graveolens and Ruta graveolens ssp. divaricata

Indexed keywords

AMMI MAJUS; AMMI VISNAGA; APIACEAE; APIALES; ASTERACEAE; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; EXACUM AFFINE; GENTIANACEAE; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELITTIS; MELITTIS MELISSOPHYLLUM; RUTA GRAVEOLENS; RUTACEAE;

EID: 16244401138     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-005-0039-x     Document Type: Article

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