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Hypoxis spp.: Micropropagation and In Vitro Production of Hypoxoside

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants I

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 4))

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Species of the genus Hypoxis L. are used for herbal remedies throughout the world. In Asia use is made of H. aurea (Lewis and Elvin-Lewis 1977), while in the West Indies H. decumbens and H. scuronera are collected for curing tumors of the testicles (Hartwell 1967). Utilization of this genus is, however, most frequent on the African continent, where species such as H. rooperi are extensively employed in folk medicine (Watt and Breyer-Brandwijk 1962). The merit of these folk medicines has been recognized by the scientific, medical, and commercial communities. This has resulted in attempts to isolate the medicinally active agents, to determine their range of application, to propagate the plants, and to produce the required chemicals by suspension culture.

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van Staden, J., Bayley, A.D. (1988). Hypoxis spp.: Micropropagation and In Vitro Production of Hypoxoside. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants I. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73026-9_23

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