Micropropagation and Microrhizome Induction in Costus pictus D. Don Using In Vitro and Ex Vitro Nodal Segments as Explant

Costus pictus D. Don is a potent anti-diabetic plant used in folk, ayurvedic and homeopathic system of medicine. Gene and protein expression of key targets in insulin signaling pathway have revealed that methyl tetracosonoate, a bio-active molecule from Costus pictus extract has anti-diabetic activi...

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Main Authors: Kshetrimayum PUNYARANI, Jitendra G. SHARMA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca 2012-05-01
Series:Notulae Scientia Biologicae
Online Access:http://www.notulaebiologicae.ro/index.php/nsb/article/view/7303