Identification of benzodiazepines in Artemisia dracunculus and Solanum tuberosum rationalizing their endogenous formation in plant tissue

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 290-295

  Kavvadias, Dominique ^a   Abou Mandour, Ahmed A ^a   Czygan, Franz C ^a   Beckmann, Helmut ^a   Sand, Philipp ^a   Riederer, Peter ^a   Schreier, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Artemisia dracunculus; Benzodiazepine receptor; Delorazepam; Diazepam; Plant cell tissue; Solanum tuberosum; Temazepam

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; DELORAZEPAM; DIAZEPAM; TEMAZEPAM;

ARTEMISIA; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0034607115     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2283     Document Type: Article

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