Scale-up micropropagation of sweet basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in an airlift bioreactor and accumulation of rosmarinic acid

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 521-523

  Kintzios, Spiridon ^a   Kollias, Haralambos ^a   Straitouris, Evangelos ^a   Makri, Olga ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airlift bioreactor; Micropropagation; Ocimum basilicum; Rosmarinic acid

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DEPSIDE; ROSMARINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BASIL; BIOREACTOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PLANT LEAF;

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIOREACTORS; CINNAMATES; DEPSIDES; OCIMUM BASILICUM; PLANT LEAVES;

BASILICUM; OCIMUM; OCIMUM BASILICUM;

EID: 1842535242     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BILE.0000019561.89044.30     Document Type: Article

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