Indirect regeneration of the Cancer bush (Sutherlandia frutescens L.) and detection of l-canavanine in in vitro plantlets using NMR

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-46

  Dewir, Yaser Hassan ^a,b   Singh, Nisha ^a   Shaik, Shakira ^a   Nicholas, Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Kafrelsheikh University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chromatography; NMR; Organogenesis; Propagation; Sutherlandia

Indexed keywords

SUTHERLANDIA; SUTHERLANDIA FRUTESCENS;

EID: 76649107348     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-009-9260-4     Document Type: Article

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