Morphological evaluation and antioxidant activity of in vitro- and in vivo-derived Echinacea purpurea plants

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 698-707

  Zayova, Ely ^a   Stancheva, Ira ^a   Geneva, Maria ^a   Petrova, Maria ^a   Vasilevska Ivanova, Rumiana ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; In vitro shoots; Morphological traits; Purple coneflower; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 84861861545     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-012-0054-z     Document Type: Article

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