Increasing gland number and red pigments in St. John's wort in vitro culture: Influence of mannitol, sucrose and hydrolyzed casein

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 51, 2011, Pages 10491-10499

  Kazemiani, Samaneh ^a   Motallebi Azar, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Hydrolyzed casein; Hypericin; Hypericum perforatum; Mannitol; Pseudohypericin; Sucrose

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; HYPERICIN; MANNITOL; PSEUDOHYPERICIN; SUCROSE;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CALLUS (PLANT); CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERICUM PERFORATUM; IN VITRO STUDY; MURASHIGE AND SKOOG MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANT LEAF; PLANT RESPONSE; PLANTLET; SHOOT;

HYPERICUM PERFORATUM;

EID: 80052688004     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb10.1783     Document Type: Article

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