Plant regeneration from callus cultures of Vitex trifolia (Lamiales: Lamiaceae): a potential medicinal plant

• Published in: Revista de biología tropical Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 1083 - 1094
• Main Authors: Samantaray, Sanghamitra, Bishoyi, Ashok Kumar, Maiti, Satyabrata
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Costa Rica Universidad de Costa Rica 01.09.2013
• Subjects: ADN polimórfico amplificado aleatoriamente; Biodiversity Conservation; Biology; in vitro; Indexing in process; micropropagación; Microsatellite Repeats; Plant Growth Regulators - pharmacology; Plant Shoots - drug effects; Plant Shoots - growth & development; plantas medicinales; Plants, Medicinal - classification; Plants, Medicinal - drug effects; Plants, Medicinal - physiology; Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; regeneración plantas; Regeneration - drug effects; Regeneration - physiology; repetición inter secuencia simple; Vitex - classification; Vitex - drug effects; Vitex - physiology; randomly amplified polymorphic DNA; micropropagación; ADN polimórfico amplificado aleatoriamente; micropropagation; repetición inter secuencia simple; in vitro; plant regeneration; plantas medicinales; regeneración plantas; medicinal plant; inter simple sequence repeats

Vitex trifolia is a shrub species with popular use as a medicinal plant, for which leaves, roots and flowers have been reported to heal different distresses. The increasing exploitation of these plants has endangered its conservation, and has importantly justified the use of biotechnological tools f...