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Micropropagation of Isoplexis canariensis (l.) G. Don

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Isoplexis canariensis is a source of compounds related to the Digitalis cardenolides and anthraquinones. It is a protected endemic plant, but even so, it is rapidly disappearing from nature. An optimal micropropagation procedure was achieved using nodal segments with two axillary buds as explants. A concentration of 0.5 µM kinetin in Murashige and Skoog liquid basal medium was found to be optimal for micropropagation. Rooting in vitro was unnecessary for ex vitro survival.

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  1. Division of Pharmacognosy, Leiden/Amsterdam Center for Drug Research, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    María Leonor Arrebola & Robert Verpoorte

  2. Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Granada, Campus Universitario de Cartuja, 18071, Granada, Spain

    María Leonor Arrebola & Oswaldo Socorro

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Arrebola, M.L., Socorro, O. & Verpoorte, R. Micropropagation of Isoplexis canariensis (l.) G. Don. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 49, 117–119 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005854131096

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