Isolation and cytotoxic properties of a novel glycoconjugate from corms of saffron plant (Crocus sativus L.)

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1426, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 217-222

  Escribano, Julio ^a,b   Ríos, Inmaculada ^a   Fernández, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crocus sativus; Cytotoxicity; Glycoconjugate; Proteoglycan; Saffron plant

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG SCREENING; HELA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLANT; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

CROCUS SATIVUS;

EID: 0344820717     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(98)00149-4     Document Type: Article

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