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Hairy root cultures of Gynostemma pentaphyllum were established by infecting leaf discs with Agrobacterium rhizogenes. The dry biomass of hairy roots grown in MS medium for 49 days was 7.3 g l−1 with a gypenoside content of 38 mg g−1 dry wt.
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Chang, CK., Chang, KS., Lin, YC. et al. Hairy Root Cultures of Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thunb.) Makino: A Promising Approach for the Production of Gypenosides as an Alternative of Ginseng Saponins. Biotechnol Lett 27, 1165–1169 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10529-005-8653-7
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