Micropropagation, antioxidant properties and phytochemical assessment of Swertia corymbosa (Griseb.) Wight ex C. B. Clarke: A medicinal plant

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 589-603

  Mahendran, G ^a   Narmatha Bai, V ^a  

^a BHARATHIAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

2,2 Diphenyl 1 picrylhydrazyl; Antimicrobial activity; Antioxidant; Gentiopicroside; In vitro propagation; Nodal explants; Plant growth regulators; Swertiamarin; Xanthonoid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894045153     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-013-1435-2     Document Type: Article

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