title: [Tissue culture of medicinal plant and abscisic acid].
abstract: Abscisic acid (ABA) plays a key role in many physiological processes of plants, and it was also applied to fields of medicinal plant biotechnology. The article presents a review of some recent application of ABA in enhancing the production of secondary metabolites of medicinal plants, improving the in vitro conservation in medicinal plant tissue culture system.
authors.affiliation: College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hebei University, Baoding 071002, China. huiyongfang@gmail.com
authors.forename: Hui-Yong
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jian-Xun
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Cai-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Jia
authors.forename: Gao-Wei
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Min-Hui
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000040:Abscisic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D010937:Plant Growth Regulators / Q000378:metabolism*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D010937:Plant Growth Regulators; D000040:Abscisic Acid