Micropropagation and antimicrobial activity of Operculina turpethum (syn. Ipomoea turpethum), an endangered medicinal plant

Plant OMICS

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 40-46

  Alam, M Jahangir ^a   Alam, Iftekhar ^b   Sharmin, Shamima Akhtar ^b   Rahman, M Mizanur ^c   Anisuzzaman, M ^d   Alam, Mohammad Firoz ^d  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^c Dipto di Biotecnologie Agrarie   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial activity; Endangered; Ipomoea turpethum; Medicinal plant; Micropropagation; Operculina turpethum

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CONVOLVULACEAE; IPOMOEA; OPERCULINA TURPETHUM;

EID: 79957815942     PISSN: 18360661     EISSN: 18363644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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