Shikonin derivatives from Lithospermum canescens

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-191

  Pietrosiuk, A ^a   Wiedenfeld, H ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylshikonin; Boraginaceae; Isobutyrylshikonin; Lithospermum canescens

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSHIKONIN; ISOBUTYRYLSHIKONIN; PIGMENT; SHIKONIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; LITHOSPERMUM; LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT;

BORAGINACEAE; LITHOSPERMUM CANESCENS;

EID: 17144411100     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200590919555     Document Type: Article

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