Biotransformation of withanolides by cell suspension cultures of Withania somnifera (Dunal)

Plant Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-134

  Sabir, Farzana ^a   Sangwan, Rajender S ^a   Singh, Jyoti ^a   Misra, Laxmi N ^a   Pathak, Neelam ^b   Sangwan, Neelam S ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ashwagandha; Biotransformation; Cell suspension cultures; Withania somnifera; Withanolide

Indexed keywords

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 79954706260     PISSN: 18635466     EISSN: 18635474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-011-0165-4     Document Type: Article

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