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Multiple shoots formation of an important tropical medicinal plant, Eurycoma longifolia Jack


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Hussein, Sobri and Ibrahim, Rusli and Ling, Anna Pick Kiong and Mohd Fadzillah, Nor’aini and Daud, Siti Khalijah (2005) Multiple shoots formation of an important tropical medicinal plant, Eurycoma longifolia Jack. Plant Biotechnology, 22 (4). pp. 349-351. ISSN 1342-4580

Abstract

Eurycoma longifolia Jack is well known among the communities in Southeast Asia because of its aphrodisiac properties and its effectiveness as the cytotoxic, anti-malarial, anti-ulcer, anti-tumor promoting and anti-parasitic agent. Micropropagation through direct plant regeneration from in vivo shoot tip explants was carried out. The highest regeneration percentage (90%) and multiple shoots formation were obtained with the basal Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 5.0 mg l-1 kinetin. Roots were induced after 14 days of culture in the basal MS medium supplemented with 0.5 mg l -1 of indole-3-butyric acid. Plantlets regenerated from shoot tip explants survived well with no morphological differences from parent plants after two months of transplantation to soil. Copyright © 2005 The Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology.


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Item Type: Article
Subject: Eurycoma longifolia
Subject: Medicinal plants - Micropropagation
Subject: Regeneration (Botany) - Techniques
Divisions: Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences
Publisher: The Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
Keywords: Eurycoma longifolia; Micropropagation; Multiple shoots; Shoot tip
Depositing User: Azwana Abdul Rahman
Date Deposited: 29 Nov 2011 10:35
Last Modified: 17 Sep 2015 04:21
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18562
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