Production of centellosides and phytosterols in cell suspension cultures of Centella asiatica

Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-67

  Bonfill, Mercedes ^a   Mangas, Susana ^a   Moyano, Elisabeth ^b   Cusido, Rosa M ^a   Palazón, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asiaticoside; Cell suspension cultures; Centella asiatica; Centellosides; Madecassoside; Methyl jasmonate

Indexed keywords

ASIATICOSIDE; CELL SUSPENSION CULTURES; CENTELLA ASIATICA; CENTELLOSIDES; MADECASSOSIDE; METHYL JASMONATE;

ALCOHOLS; BIOCHEMISTRY; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TRANSCRIPTION;

CELL CULTURE;

CENTELLA ASIATICA;

EID: 78649951754     PISSN: 01676857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11240-010-9804-7     Document Type: Article

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