Differences in hypericin synthesis between experimentally induced seedling shoot cultures of Hypericum hookerianum Wight & Arn.

Plant Biotechnology Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 511-518

  Varghese, Reji Joseph ^a   Sooriamuthu, Seeni ^a  

^a SATHYABAMA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Etiolated shoots; Hypericin; Hypericum hookerianum; Photoactivated synthesis; Seedling segregation; Shoot culture

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM;

EID: 84885949660     PISSN: 18635466     EISSN: 18635474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-013-0289-9     Document Type: Article

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