Bioactivity of biflorin, a typical o-naphthoquinone isolated from Capraria biflora L.

Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section C Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 394-398

  Vasconcellos, Marne C ^a   Montenegro, Raquel C ^a   Militão, Gardênia C G ^a   Fonseca, Aluísio M ^a   Pessoa, Otília D L ^a   Lemos, Telma L G ^a   Pessoa, Cláudia ^a   Moraes, Manoel O ^a   Costa Lotufo, Letícia V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biflorin; Capraria biflora; Cytotoxicity

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAPRARIA BIFLORA; ECHINOIDEA; MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 22144446422     PISSN: 09395075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/znc-2005-5-605     Document Type: Article

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