Bioactive metabolites from the bark of Fagara macrophylla

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 139-142

  Spatafora, Carmela ^a   Tringali, Corrado ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acridone alkaloids; Brine shrimp test; Fagara macrophylla; Sesamin; sanshool

Indexed keywords

METABOLITES; SHELLFISH;

ACRIDONE ALKALOID; ACRIDONES; BIOACTIVES; BRINE SHRIMP TEST; FAGARUM MACROPHYLLA; LIGNANS; METHOXY; SANSHOOL; SESAMIN; Γ-SANSHOOL;

ALKALOIDS;

1 HYDROXY 3 METHOXY N METHYLACRIDONE; 1 HYDROXY 3 METHOXYACRIDONE; ACRIDONE DERIVATIVE; ALKALOID; ARBORININE; LIGNAN; N ISOBUTYLAMIDE GAMMA SANSHOOL; PLANT EXTRACT; SESAMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHOXOLINE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRACTIONATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

FAGARA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0030913979     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199705)8:3<139::AID-PCA341>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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