Bacopa monnieri L. (family Scrophulariaceae) is a traditional medicinal plant in India, commonly known as “brahmi”. Used for different diseases such asnervous disorder, respiratory problem, leprosy, splenomegaly, skin disease etc. In the present study, the ethanolic and aqueous extract of the leaf callus of Bacopa monnieri was investigated for its phytochemical analysis by modified Kirby-Bauer ...

Acalypha indica (Indian Acalypha), commonly known as Mukhtajhuri in West Bengal is an important medicinal plant of India. The leaves are known to possess antimicrobial and antifungal properties. Leaf decoction is said to have anti-inflammatory properties. The present study shows the presence of antioxidant and antibacterial properties of Acalypha indica leaf extract and leaf-derived callus extr...

Introduction Cumin (Cuminum cyminum L.) is a commercial plant which is valued for its aroma and its medicinal and therapeutic properties. Although India has been the primary exporter of cumin seeds and cumin oil in the world. However Turkey and Iran are providing stiff competition now. India, Turkey, Syria, China, the US, Iran, Indonesia, Sudan, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, and Libya are the leadin...

Creating transgenic plants is invaluable for the genetic analysis of sugar beet and will be increasingly important as sugar beet genomic technologies progress. A protocol for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of sugar beet is described in this chapter. Our protocol is optimized for a sugar beet genotype that performs exceptionally well in tissue culture, including the steps of dedifferentia...

The present study is based on the in vitro production of callus, its long period maintenance and antibacterial potentiality. Callus induction and formation occurred by full strength MS media in combination with various concentration (0.5mg/l, 1.0mg/l, 1.5mg/l, 2.0mg/l) of 2, 4-D effective in combination with constant concentration of BA (2.5mg/l) and NAA (0.5mg/ml). The leaf calli were sub cult...

Callus induction, somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration were initiated in selected five species of Turkish crocus using three diffrent explants (leaf, stem and corm) cultured on four different media (MS, GB5, LS and CHE). The highest frequencies of callus induction (100%) and shoot regeneration (70%, with 7.2 shoots/callus) were found in the crocus species Crocus oliveri ssp. Oliveri, us...

findings in relation to the inhibitory effects of natural substances against microorganisms showed that herbal products may be alternatives to synthetic and chemical drugs due to their significant therapeutic effects. the pennyroyal ( mentha pulegium ) as an important medicinal plant, belongs to the lamiaceae family is applied in the pharmaceutical and food industries. in recent years, plant ti...

alstroemeria (alstroemeriaceae family) is an ornamental monocot mainly produced for its cut flowers. embryogenic calluses have been employed for gene transformation in alstroemeria. this research work was undertaken to study the embryogenic callus induction in alstroemeria cv. fuego. the vegetative explants (node, internode, leaf) along with various concentrations of auxins (picloram, naa, iaa,...

necessary conditions for callus production from leaf and stem explants of norfolk island pine (araucaria excelsa l.) have been studied. ms and bm culture media containing 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2 and 5 mg/l naa, iba, 2,4-d and picloram supplemented with 30 g/l sucrose were used. callus was initiated in both culture media only in the presence of picloram and in the dark, but bm culture medium produced mor...