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Pueraria lobata (Kudzu Vine): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Isoflavonoids

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Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 28))

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Pueraria lobata Ohwi (= P. thunbergiana Benth.; = P. hirsuta Matsum.), also known as Kudzu, a member of the family Leguminosae, is a large creeping or climbing plant which sometimes grows to a length of 20 m.

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Hakamatsuka, T., Ebizuka, Y., Sankawa, U. (1994). Pueraria lobata (Kudzu Vine): In Vitro Culture and the Production of Isoflavonoids. In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-30369-6_23

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