Mass propagation of Rauwolfia serpentina L. Benth

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1273-1277

  Salma, U ^a   Rahman, M S M ^b   Islam, S ^c   Haque, N ^a   Khatun, M ^b   Jubair, T A ^b   Paul, B C ^b  

^a Modern Herbal Group   (Bangladesh)

^b KHULNA UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c BANGLADESH COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH BCSIR   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Adventitious; Heterogeneous; Indole alkaloids; Mass propagation; Microcutting

Indexed keywords

RAUWOLFIA ALKALOID;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RAUWOLFIA;

CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; PLANT SHOOTS; RAUWOLFIA; SECOLOGANIN TRYPTAMINE ALKALOIDS;

APOCYNACEAE; RAUVOLFIA; RAUVOLFIA SERPENTINA;

EID: 53649087681     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.1273.1277     Document Type: Article

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