In vitro techniques and genetic engineering of Veratrum californicum Duran

• Main Authors: Ritala, Anneli, Rischer, Heiko, Ma, R., Oksman-Caldentey, Kirsi-Marja
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland 2007
• Subjects: Arctic; Duran
• Online Access: https://cris.vtt.fi/en/publications/363e5402-3564-4d66-8ac2-a6b8da8160b9; https://publications.vtt.fi/pdf/symposiums/2007/S249.pdf

The genus Veratrum is distributed throughout the northern temperate and Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. Veratrum californicum Duran (Melanthiaceae) is an important monocotyledonous medicinal plant which is the only source of the anticancer compound cyclopamine. In order to be able...