Effect of auxins on berberine synthesis in cell suspension culture of Coscinium fenestratum (Gaertn.) Colebr - A critically endangered medicinal liana of Western Ghats

Indian Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 616-619

  Narasimhan, S ^a   Nair, G M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^b Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute   (India)

Author keywords

Auxins; Berberine synthesis; Cell suspension culture; Coscinium fenestratum

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELL GROWTH; CELL SUSPENSION;

CELL CULTURE;

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ARYLACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BERBERINE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLEACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INDOLEBUTYRIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PLANT; PLANT LEAF; TIME;

2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; BERBERINE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; INDOLEACETIC ACIDS; INDOLES; KINETICS; NAPHTHALENEACETIC ACIDS; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

COSCINIUM FENESTRATUM;

EID: 2942620493     PISSN: 00195189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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