Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

SCOPUS
  • Year: 2018
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 11

Use of Abiotic Elicitors to enhance Secondary Metabolites Production in Withania somnifera

1Department of Botany, School of Bioengineering and Bioscience, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar-Punjab-144411

2Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar-Punjab-144411

Abstract

Medicinal plants are the backbone of mankind. Several plants are being used for medicines from thousands of years. This review covers the chemical composition of ashwagandha and various methods that were used for increasing secondary metabolites of Withania somnifera such as use of plant growth hormones and abiotic elicitation.

Keywords

Withania somnifera, abiotic elicitation