Callus Culture from <i>Asperula tinctoria</i> (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Callus Culture from <i>Asperula tinctoria</i>

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Callus culture from Asperula tinctoria, also known as dyer's woodruff, one of over 2,000 plant tissues in the UMass Amherst plant cell culture library. Used as a pigment for dying textiles, the material is being investigated as a possible source of compounds that kill Mycobacteria and Staphylococcus aureus.

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