Flavans of dragon's blood from Dracaena draco and Dracaena tamaranae

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-184

  González, Antonio G ^a   León, Francisco ^a,c   Hernández, Juan C ^a   Padrón, Juan I ^a   Sánchez Pinto, Lázaro ^b   Barrera, Jaime Bermejo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PRODUCTOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Museo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre   (Spain)

^c Madrid Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dracaena draco; Dracaena tamaranae; Dracaenaceae; Dragon's blood; Flavans

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXONOMY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

DRACAENA DRACO; DRACAENA TAMARANAE; DRACO; RUSCACEAE;

EID: 0742305640     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-1978(03)00133-9     Document Type: Article

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