Pyrrolizidine alkaloids in members of the Boraginaceae from Sinai (Egypt)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 619-636

  El Shazly, Assem ^a,c   El Domiaty, Maher ^a   Witte, Ludger ^b   Wink, Michael ^c  

^a Zagazig University   (Egypt)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c Inst fur Pharmazeutische Biologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkanna orientalis; Alkanna tuberculata; Anchusa arvensis; Anchusa milleri; Boraginaceae; Gas liquid chromatography (GLC); Gastrocotyle hispida; GLC mass spectrometry; Lappula spinocarpos; Paracaryum intermedium; Paracaryum rugulosum; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Trichodesma africanum

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID DERIVATIVE; PYRROLIZIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; EGYPT; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

ALKANNA ORIENTALIS; ALKANNA TINCTORIA; ALKANNA TUBERCULATA; ANCHUSA ARVENSIS; ANCHUSA HISPIDA; ANCHUSA MILLERI; GASTROCOTYLE HISPIDA; LAPPULA SPINOCARPOS; PARACARYUM INTERMEDIUM; PARACARYUM RUGULOSUM; TRICHODESMA AFRICANUM;

EID: 0032171194     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(98)00028-3     Document Type: Article

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