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Effects of acute gamma irradiation on physiological traits and flavonoid accumulation of Centella asiatica.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) - 17 Jun 2011
Moghaddam Sina Siavash, Jaafar Hawa, Ibrahim Rusli, Rahmat Asmah, Aziz Maheran Abdul, Philip Elizabeth
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, two accessions of Centella asiatica (CA03 and CA23) were subjected to gamma radiation to examine the response of these accessions in terms of survival rate, flavonoid contents, leaf gas exchange and leaf mass. Radiation Sensitivity Tests revealed that based on the survival rate, the LD(50) (gamma doses that killed 50% of the plantlets) of the plantlets were achieved at 60 Gy for CA03 and 40...
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