The leaves and stem of the parent plant (PP) of A. vasica were
dried in an oven at 60–70 C for 24 h. The dried tissues were
Fig. 1. Adhatoda vasica (A) field plant, (B) shoot cultures, (C) callus cultures, (D) Vasicine, and (E) vasicinone.
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powdered in a mixer and were defatted with petroleum ether, decanted,