Chitosan enhances withanolides production in adventitious root cultures of Withania somnifera (L.) Dunal

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-129

  Sivanandhan, G ^a   Arun, M ^a   Mayavan, S ^a   Rajesh, M ^a   Mariashibu, T S ^b   Manickavasagam, M ^a   Selvaraj, N ^c   Ganapathi, A ^a  

^a BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c Periyar EVR College Autonomous   (India)

Author keywords

Adventitious root culture; Aluminium chloride; Chitosan; Withania somnifera; Withanolides

Indexed keywords

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; ALUMINIUM CHLORIDE; BIOTIC ELICITORS; CULTURE CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE-TIME; HALF-STRENGTH MS MEDIUM; INTERNODE EXPLANTS; LEAF EXPLANTS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA; WITHANOLIDES;

ALUMINUM; CHITOSAN; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ADVENTITIOUS ROOT; ALUMINUM COMPOUND; CHITIN; CULTIVAR; HORMONE; INOCULATION; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SECONDARY METABOLITE; SHRUB; STEM;

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 84857132264     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.11.022     Document Type: Article

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