Light-susceptibility of camptothecin production from in vitro cultures of Camptotheca acuminata decne

Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-36

  Park, Young Goo ^a   Kim, Mee Hee ^a   Yang, Jae Kyung ^b   Chung, Young Gwan ^b   Choi, Myung Suk ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Callus cultures; Camptotheca acuminata; Camptothecin; Light

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344470884     PISSN: 12268372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02932895     Document Type: Article

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