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SUBMITTER: Ovando-Medina I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5101598 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PeerJ 20161101
This study addresses the <i>in vitro</i> culture as an alternative to obtain compounds with cytotoxic activity from the medicinal plant <i>Jatropha curcas</i> (Euphorbiaceae). We determined the presence of cytotoxic compounds in both whole plants and dedifferentiated cells. We evaluated the effect of auxin, cytokinins and light on callus induction in cotyledon explants. We found that the most effective combination to induce callus was the auxin 2,4-D (5 mM) with the cytokinin 6-BAP (2.5 mM), on ...[more]