Micropropagation of Lepidium virginicum (Brassicaceae), a plant with antiprotozoal activity

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 596-600

  Osuna, Lidia ^a,b   Tapia Pérez, María Esther ^a,c   Figueroa, Odette ^a   Jiménez Ferrer, Enrique ^a   Garduño Ramírez, María Luisa ^d   González Garza, María Teresa ^e   Carranza Rosales, Pilar ^a   Cruz Vega, Delia Elva ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

^e SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Antiprotozoal activity; Lepidium virginicum; Micropropagation

Indexed keywords

BRASSICACEAE; LEPIDIUM; LEPIDIUM VIRGINICUM;

EID: 34250894401     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/IVP2006826     Document Type: Article

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