Department of Forest Products, Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni, Solan-173230, Himachal Pradesh, India
*Corresponding author e-mail: raviraina4@yahoo.co.in
Online published on 20 May, 2016.
Amarogentin and amaroswerin are therapeutically most important bio-compounds present in medicinally important endangered temperate medicinal plant species, Swertia chirayita. In the absence of any known elite strains in S. chirayita so far, strains with enhanced biocompounds are needed as this species is under focus for large scale cultivation due to widespread demand for its raw material. Present studies have demonstrated the potential of gamma rays in enhancing these bio-compounds.
Swertia chirayita, Amarogentin, Amaroswerin, Gamma rays, Mutation breeding
