Sustainable production of bioactive alkaloids in Psychotria L. of southern Brazil: propagation and elicitation strategies

ABSTRACT Psychotria is the largest genus in Rubiaceae. South American species of the genus are promising sources of natural products, mostly due to bioactive monoterpene indole alkaloids they accumulate. These alkaloids can have analgesic, antimutagenic, and antioxidant activities in different exper...

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Main Authors: Yve Verônica da Silva Magedans, Kelly Cristine da Silva Rodrigues-Corrêa, Cibele Tesser da Costa, Hélio Nitta Matsuura, Arthur Germano Fett-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062019005005106&lng=en&tlng=en