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Phytolacca americana L. (Pokeweed): In Vitro Production of Betacyanins and Medicinal Compounds

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Book cover Medicinal and Aromatic Plants VII

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

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Phytolacca americana (Phytolaccaceae), in addition to serving as an occasional food, is a medicinal plant listed officially in the United States and in the French and Japanese Pharmacopeia. The plant has been used in folk medicine as a diuretic, purgative, antiscorbutic, and antisyphilitic agent (Fournier 1948). The roots are reputed in Korea to treat edema and rheumatism (Woo and Kang 1976a). At present, P. americana is used in some French homeopathic preparations to alleviate influenza, acute amygdalis, quinsy, mammary and rheumatic pains, and chronic pharyngitis (Voisin 1980; Nétien et al. 1986). The plant and its tissue cultures have been investigated as a source of saponins, betalains, mitogens, and antiviral proteins.

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Petit-Paly, G., Andreu, F., Chénieux, J.C., Rideau, M. (1994). Phytolacca americana L. (Pokeweed): In Vitro Production of Betacyanins and Medicinal Compounds. 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_22

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