Seasonal Variation of the Chemical Constituents from Croton Species

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 56, Issue 5-6, 2001, Pages 357-362

  Dos Santos Pereira, Alberto ^a   Fernandes Do Amaral, Ana Claudia ^b   De Araujo Silva, Margareth ^a   De Aquino Neto, Francisco Radler ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Lab de Qimica de Produtos Naturais   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical Constituents; Croton; Seasonal Variation

Indexed keywords

CROTON; CROTON ECHINOCARPUS; CROTON HEMIARGYREUS;

PHYTOSTEROL; SESQUITERPENE; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; EUPHORBIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOTHERAPY; SEASON; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; EUPHORBIACEAE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; PHYTOSTEROLS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; SEASONS; SESQUITERPENES; TRITERPENES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0035350316     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2001-5-607     Document Type: Article

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