Cryptosin — a new cardenolide in tissue culture and intact plants of Cryptolepis buchanani Roem. & Schult

Venkateswara, R and Rao, Sankara K and Vaidyanathan, CS (1987) Cryptosin — a new cardenolide in tissue culture and intact plants of Cryptolepis buchanani Roem. & Schult. In: Plant Cell Reports, 6 (4). pp. 291-293.

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Abstract

A steroidal glycoside of the digoxin type was isolated from fresh leaves and cultured cells of Cryptolepis buchanani Roem & Schult (Asclepiadaceae). Cultures were raised from leaf and shoot. Explants were cultured on MS medium containing 2,4-D, NAA, BA and coconut milk. Metabolically active calluses were proliferated and maintained on Gamborg's B5 medium with 2,4-D and Kn. The new compound, named cryptosin, was characterised by infrared nmr and mass spectroscopy. Cryptosin was also screened for its pharmacological properties and its cardiotonic action was established.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Plant Cell Reports
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copyright belongs to Springer
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:43
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/13420

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