What is it about?
The anise plant is one of the oldest known medicinal plants that has been used for many purposes since antiquity. However, the traditional production of anise by sexual propagation (seeds) does not guarantee uniformity of the progeny as the plant is a cross-pollinating species and is thus genetically heterogeneous. As Egypt and Spain are the world’s major producers of anise essential oil, this paper developed an efficient protocol for the micropropagation of Egyptian anise.
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Why is it important?
Our findings provide an efficient, rapid and simple method for the mass production of anise without an intervening callus phase or shoot elongation step. Another important finding was the absence of hyperhydricity, which is often observed in cultured anise.
Perspectives
Writing this manuscript was a great pleasure as it initiates a long-standing collaboration with the co-author. I hope scientists and researchers find this article interesting. I also hope that this paper finds its way to be applicable.
Dr. Ahmed M. Amer
National Research Centre
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This page is a summary of: In-vitro propagation of the multipurpose Egyptian medicinal plant Pimpinella anisum, Egyptian Pharmaceutical Journal, January 2019, Medknow,
DOI: 10.4103/epj.epj_12_19.
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