Transition from in vitro to an ex vitro environment: is the metabolism altered?

In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology - Plant

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 166-173

  Ncube, Bhekumthetho ^a   Baskaran, Ponnusamy ^a   Van Staden, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Antimicrobial; Ex vitro; In vitro; Merwilla plumbea; Polyphenol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937763661     PISSN: 10545476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11627-014-9657-6     Document Type: Article

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