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Sophora flavescens (Kurara): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Lupin Alkaloids

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants V

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 24))

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Sophora flavescens, (Kurara-Fig. 1) belongs to the family Leguminosae and is distributed in Mongolia, the eastern part of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan. The dry roots of this plant have been used as antipyretic analgesic, bitter stomachic, anthelmintic, as an external preparation for eczema, and an agricultural insecticide in China and Japan (Jiang su xin xue yuan 1977a; Mitsuhashi 1988). A number of interesting pharmacological activities were reported for alkaloids and the extracts of this plant, for example, a diuretic activity, an antimicrobial activity, an antiarrhythmic activity (Jiang su xin xue yuan 1977a), and an antiulcerogenic activity (Yamazaki et al. 1984; Yamazaki and Arai 1985).

We wish to dedicate this chapter to Professor Shigenobu Okuda, who died on March 27, 1991

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Saito, K., Yamazaki, M., Murakoshi, I. (1993). Sophora flavescens (Kurara): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Lupin Alkaloids. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants V. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58062-8_24

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