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Combining the use of fungal elicitors likeAspergillus andFusarium with immobilized cell suspension cultures ofSolanum surattense Burm. showed a stimulation in solasodine production, of ablout 17 times as compared to cell suspensions.
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Malpathak, N.P., David, S.B. Stimulation of solasodine production by combining fungal elicitors and immobilized cell suspension cultures ofSolanumsurattense Burm . Biotechnol Lett 14, 965–968 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01020638
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