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Psoralea corylifolia is an endangered plant producing various compounds of medical importance. Adventitious roots and hairy roots were induced in cultures prepared from hypocotyl explants. Psoralen content was evaluated in both root types grown either in suspension cultures or on agar solidified medium. Psoralen content was ~3 mg g−1 DW in suspension grown hairy roots being higher than in solid grown hairy roots and in solid and suspension-grown adventitious roots.
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This work was supported by the Department of Science and Technology, India in the form of Senior Research Fellow. The authors are indebted to Aaron Zelcer and Benjamin Steinitz (ARO, Israel) for their critical comments on this manuscript, and are grateful to Dhiraviyadas for his valuable assistance during seed collection.
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Baskaran, P., Jayabalan, N. Psoralen production in hairy roots and adventitious roots cultures of Psoralea coryfolia . Biotechnol Lett 31, 1073–1077 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-009-9957-9
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