The majority of conventional medications and food supplements are created following the
processing of medicinal plants. As majority of the medicinal plants are collected from the …

Objective To induce callus from the medicinally valuable species, Barringtonia racemosa
L.(B. racemosa) whereby the formation of callus is essential for micropropagation studies …

Aquilaria is an evergreen non-timber agarwood obtained from the 15 species of Aquilaria
belonging to the family Thymelecea. There are two species endemic to Northeast India, A …

Agarwood has a high economic value because they have many benefits that cause
agarwood to be hunted to meet the increasing market demand and its presence in nature is …

The recalcitrant seeds of Aquilaria malaccensis Lamk. possess short viability period.
Nursery trials were conducted to examine the effect of storage periods (four treatments) and …

There are more than nine thousand cultivars of Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L., with a series of
flowers with shapes, colors and new cultivars continues as generated through both …

Taxus wallichiana, an endangered Taxus species native to Nepal, is a source of Taxol
(paclitaxel), an anticancer drug, which if produced via plant cell culture in vitro not only …

Gloriosa superba L. tubers are a rich source of commercially important colchicine and due to
overexploitation, the species has become vulnerable. In the present investigation, in vitro …

Micro-cuttings of Sequoia sempervirens tree were carried out on Murashige and Skoog
medium enriched with various concentrations of sucrose and/or growth regulators to induce …

Aquilaria is known to produce agarwood, but its natural population is declining. Apart from
being recalcitrant, not all Aquilaria trees are agarwood producers, hence yield is not …