Establishment of in vitro cultures of azadirachta indica a juss and spilanthes acmella murr and their potential for the production of secondary metablites

Abstract

Medicinal plants have always had an important place in the therapeutic arsenal of mankind In the last few years as the demand for medicinal plants is increasing their exploitation by the local population as well as pharmaceutical companies is also increasing continuously It is therefore imperative to develop efficient methods for its large scale propagation Besides micropropagation in vitro production of useful bioactive compounds their identification as well as quantification is also hi