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Karwinskia Species (Buckthorn): In Vitro Culture, Micropropagation, and the Production of Toxin Anthracenone

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XI

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 43))

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The genus Karwinskia (buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae) was named after the Bavarian botanist Wilhelm Frederick von Karwinski, who collected plant material for herbaria in Mexico in the first half of the last century. Medicinal use of some species of this family, mainly Rhamnus spp. and Frangula spp., are well known in Europe, some of them being used since Ancient Greek times, or even earlier.

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Lišková, D., Lux, A., Piñeyro-López, A., Luján-Rangel, R. (1999). Karwinskia Species (Buckthorn): In Vitro Culture, Micropropagation, and the Production of Toxin Anthracenone. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants XI. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 43. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08614-8_13

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