| genetic and phytochemical difference between some indian and italian plants of withania somnifera (l.) dunal. | the geographical distribution of withania somnifera (l.) dunal is quite wide. however, in italy, this species is very rare and grows spontaneously only in sicily and in sardinia. the pcr-rapd technique has been utilized in this work to determine the genetic relationship among sicilian, sardinian and indian samples and the hplc analysis of whitaferin a was used as a marker to evaluate the phytochemical differences. the genetic difference between indian and sicilian plants of w. somnifera turned o ... | 2007 | 17680504 |