Saponins in alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) root and their structural elucidation

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3185-3192

  Bialy, Zbigniew ^a   Jurzysta, Marian ^a   Oleszek, Wieslaw ^a   Piacente, Sonia ^b   Pizza, Cosimo ^b  

^a STATE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alfalfa; Medicago sativa; Saponins; Triterpenoid glycosides

Indexed keywords

SAPONIN; TRITERPENE; TRITERPENOID;

ALFALFA; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAGENIC ACID; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PLANT ROOT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT ROOTS; SAPONINS; TRITERPENES;

MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 0032826863     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9901237     Document Type: Article

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