Table 6.
Plant material | Lawsone content (mg/g dw) |
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Leaf from mother plant | 22.84 ± 0.04a |
Leaf from in vitro culture | |
On MS medium supplemented with 0.5 µMBA in combination with 0.5 µM 2-iP | 8.8 ± 0.28e |
Leaf from acclimatized micropropagated plantlet | |
I 4-week old | 11.56 ± 0.24d |
II 2-Month old | 18.36 ± 0.48c |
III 6-Month old | 22.36 ± 0.56b |
IV 1-year old | 23.04 ± 0.24a |
F value | 1648.18*** |
***Significant at p < 0.001 level; Means within column followed by same letter are not significantly (p < 0.05) different as determined by Duncan’s Multiple Range test (DMRT)