Isolation of a high artemisinic acid containing plant of Artemisia annua.
A plant of Artemisia annua containing high amounts of artemisinic acid (0.8%) was isolated. the combined concentration of the sesquiterpene artemisinin, and its intermediates artemisinic acid and artemisinin-b in this plant was 1.35%. the plant has been cloned by micropropagation in tissue culture.
Gupta
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Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, CIMAP P.O. CIMAP, Lucknow 226 015, India.
Jain
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Mathur
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Singh
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Verma
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Kumar
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