Isolation of 24-epibrassinolide from leaves of Aegle marmelos and evaluation of its antigenotoxicity employing Allium cepa chromosomal aberration assay

Plant Growth Regulation

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-224

  Sondhi, Nishi ^a   Bhardwaj, Renu ^a   Kaur, Satwinderjeet ^a   Kumar, Neeraj ^b   Singh, Bikram ^b  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

24 Epibrassinolide; Aegle marmelos; Antigenotoxicity; Brassinosteroid; Maleic hydrazide

Indexed keywords

AEGLE MARMELOS; ALLIUM CEPA; RUTACEAE;

EID: 39849111477     PISSN: 01676903     EISSN: 15735087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10725-007-9242-7     Document Type: Article

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