Alkaloids from three ethnomedicinal Haemanthus species: H. albiflos, H. deformis and H. pauculifolius (Amaryllidaceae)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 49-52

  Crouch, N R ^a,b   Pohl, T L ^b   Mulholland, D A ^b   Ndlovu, E ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Inkomfe Cluster Project   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

AMARYLLIDACEAE; HAEMANTHUS ALBIFLOS; HAEMANTHUS DEFORMIS;

EID: 17444427134     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0254-6299(15)30148-4     Document Type: Article

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