Three new furostanol saponins from the leaves of Lycianthes synanthera ("chomte"), an edible mesoamerican plant

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-294

  Piccinelli, Anna Lisa ^a   Salazar De Ariza, Julieta ^b   Velàsquez Miranda, Rubèn ^b   Quesada Mora, Silvia ^c   Aquino, Rita ^a   Rastrelli, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b Fac de Ciencias Quimicas y Farmacia   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy; Flavone glycosides; Furostanol saponins; Leaves; Lycianthes synanthera; Lycianthosides A C; Nutrient composition; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

LYCIANTHOSIDE A; LYCIANTHOSIDE B; LYCIANTHOSIDE C; SAPONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGIOSPERM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EXTRACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LYCIANTHES SYNANTHERA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CONTENT; PLANT LEAF;

GUATEMALA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PHYTOSTEROLS; PLANT LEAVES; SAPONINS; SOLANACEAE;

LYCIANTHES; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE;

EID: 12344321956     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf048484w     Document Type: Article

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