Enhanced production of withaferin-A in shoot cultures of Withania somnifera (L) Dunal

Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 430-434

  Mir, Bilal Ahmad ^a,b   Khazir, Jabeena ^a   Hakeem, Khalid R ^c   Koul, Sushma ^b   Cowan, Don A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Growth regulators; Shoot cultures; Withaferin A; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900816356     PISSN: 09717811     EISSN: 09741275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13562-014-0264-8     Document Type: Article

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