Enhancement of Biomass and Secondary Metabolite Production of St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.) under a Controlled Environment

Environmental Control in Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-30

  Mosaleeyanon, Kriengkrai ^a,b   Zobayed, Sayed M A ^a   Afreen, Fawzia ^a   Kozai, Toyoki ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Controlled environments; Hyperforin; Hypericin; Medicinal plant; Net photosynthetic rate; Pseudohypericin

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650076795     PISSN: 1880554X     EISSN: 18830986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2525/ecb.44.21     Document Type: Article

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