Biotechnology Letters, Vol.18, No.11, 1309-1314, 1996
Proliferative Activity of Callus-Cultures of Taxus-Baccata L in Relation to Anticancer Diterpenoid Taxol Biosynthesis
Stable growing callus cultures were recovered from stem segments of Taxus baccata. Callus developed from the peridermal cells. The content of taxol in callus tissues varied in the range of [0.0003-0.001% on dry weight basis] and was higher in fast growing calli compared to slow growing calli.