Seasonal variations in the content of taxanes in the bark of Taxus baccata L.

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 319-321

  Veselá, Daniela ^a   Šaman, David ^a   Valterová, Irena ^a   Vaněk, Tomáš ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bark; European yew; High performance liquid chromatography; Seasonal variation; Taxaceae; Taxanes; Taxus baccata

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ANALYTICAL DETERMINATION; BARK; EUROPEAN YEW; HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PACLITAXEL; SEASONAL VARIATION; TAXACEA; TAXANES; TAXUS BACCATA;

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CEPHALOMANNINE; PACLITAXEL; PLANT EXTRACT; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEASONAL VARIATION;

TAXACEAE; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 0032749234     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(199911/12)10:6<319::AID-PCA471>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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