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| Title: | In vitro establishment and maintenance of callus of Taxus wallichiana Zucc. for the production of secondary metabolites |
| Authors: | Das, Kuntal
Dang, Raman
Ghanshala, Nagesh
Rajasekharan, P E |
| Keywords: | Taxus wallichiana
Himalayan Yew
In vitro culture
Phytohormones
Taxol
Chromatography |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2008 |
| Publisher: | CSIR |
| IPC Code: | Int. cl.8—A01H 4/00, A01H 7/00, A61K 36/13, A61P 35/00 |
| Abstract: | Callus cultures have been established from needles of aseptically germinated seeds of Taxus wallichiana Zucc. The callus was initiated and maintained on different medium with phytohormones. The study showed that fully defined Gamborgs B5 medium supplemented with 2,4-D (2.0 and 5.0 μM) and Kinetin (0.5 and 1.0 μM) was effective for both initiation and sustained growth of callus tissue whereas woody plant medium was very effective in ascertaining totipotency of the callus by showing organogenesis. The HPLC chromatographic evaluation revealed the presence of taxol (0.8499 %) in callus of the species. |
| Page(s): | 150-153 |
| ISSN: | 0975-1092 (Online); 0972-592X (Print) |
| Source: | NPR Vol.7(2) [March-April 2008]
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