In vitro propagation, genetic and phytochemical assessment of Thymus persicus - a medicinally important source of pentacyclic triterpenoids

Biologia (Poland)

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 594-603

  Bakhtiar, Ziba ^a   Mirjalili, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Sonboli, Ali ^a   Farimani, Mahdi Moridi ^a   Ayyari, Mahdi ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

HPLC; Lamiaceae; micropropagation; pentacyclic triterpenoids; RAPD; Thymus sp.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897033990     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-014-0346-z     Document Type: Article

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