Stevia: A Comprehensive Review on Ethnopharmacological Properties and In Vitro Regeneration

Sugar Tech

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 95-106

  Gantait, Saikat ^b   Das, Arpita ^c   Mandal, Nirmal ^a  

^a BIDHAN CHANDRA KRISHI VISWAVIDYALAYA   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c BIHAR AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Callus; Medicinal plant; Multiple shoot; Propagation; Rebaudioside; Rooting; Stevioside; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938545183     PISSN: 09721525     EISSN: 09740740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12355-014-0316-3     Document Type: Review

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