Anticholinesterase and mutagenic evaluation of in vitro-regenerated Agapanthus praecox grown ex vitro

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 271-275

  Baskaran, Ponnusamy ^a   Chukwujekwu, Jude C ^a   Amoo, Stephen O ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AChE; Ames; Benzyladenine; Cytokinin; Medicinal plants; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

AGAPANTHUS PRAECOX;

EID: 84897959666     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-013-9567-z     Document Type: Article

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