Rubia tinctorum

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Noun1.Rubia tinctorum - Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarinRubia tinctorum - Eurasian herb having small yellow flowers and red roots formerly an important source of the dye alizarin
madderwort, rubiaceous plant - any of numerous trees or shrubs or vines of the family Rubiaceae
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Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated Hairy root Formation in Some Rubia tinctorum L.
For example, [H.sub.2][O.sub.2] is the key signal molecule for oligosaccharides to induce the biosynthesis of taxol in T chinensis cells [19], for the cell wall of Aspergillus niger to elicit Catharanthus roseus cells to synthesize catharanthine [20], for ABA to induce rice seedling leaves to synthesize anthocyanidins [21], and for the cell cultures of Rubia tinctorum to produce anthraquinone [22], and so forth.
More than 300 tints were in constant use during the Mughal period, with sources as varied as madder (Rubia tinctorum), sappan (Caesalpinia sappan), lodh (Symplocos racemosa) and lac, saffron and pistachio, cochineal and fungus of mulberry.
A royal decree actually required privates' uniforms to be dyed red in order to support British agricultural interests, specifically the cultivation of the madder plant, or Rubia tinctorum.
2002) on the production of various derivatives of 9, 10- anthracenedione in plant cell cultures (Example: Rubia cordifolia, Rudgea jasminoides, Rubia tinctorum L, Morinda elliptica and Cinchona robusta).
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