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Abstract                 Volume:3  Issue-9  Year-2016          Original Research Articles

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A Review on In Vitro Culture Studies of a Traditional Medicinal Herb- Achyranthes aspera L.
Karuppiah Nandhini1 and Sethuraman Ramakrishnan2*
1Department of Plant Science, Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli- 627 012, Tamil Nadu, India
2Department of Botany, Tagore Arts College, Puducherry- 605 008, India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

The traditional medical practitioners use many common plants and weeds to treat number of diseases. One such medicinal plant is Achyranthes aspera L. It possesses variety of uses in healing human diseases including asthma, cough; and acts as antiphlegmatic, antiperiodic, diuretic, purgative, laxative, oedema, dropsy, piles, boils, eruptions of skin, snake bites and moreover used as tooth brush. Secondary metabolites of medical importance have been isolated from this plant grown in vivo. At this juncture it is worth to discuss in vitro culture studies of this valuable plant. This would help the scientists to micropropagate and protect this plant species in addition to providing an opportunity to extract active metabolites. The present review is aimed at the documentation of developments made in cloning of A. aspera.

Keywords: Achyranthes aspera L.,Callus,In vitro cultures,Multiple shoots,Traditional medicine
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Nandhini, K., Ramakrishnan, S., 2016. A review on in vitro culture studies of a traditional medicinal herb- Achyranthes aspera L.Int.J.Curr.Res.Biosci.Plantbiol. 3(9): 57-63. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.20546/ijcrbp.2016.309.008
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