Study on polymerization of the pharmaceutical substances isohexenylnaphthazarins

Biomedical Chromatography

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 492-500

  Assimopoulou, A N ^a   Papageorgiou, V P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alkanna tinctoria; Alkannin; Hydroxynaphthoquinones; Isohexenylnaphthazarins; Polymerization; Quinones; Shikonin; Size exclusion chromatography

Indexed keywords

COSMETICS; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLVENTS;

ALKANNA; ALKANNA TINCTORIA; ALKANNIN; HYDROXYNAPHTHOQUINONE; ISOHEXENYLNAPHTHAZARIN; MONOMERICS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; SHIKONIN; SIZE-EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; TINCTORIA;

POLYMERIZATION;

ACETONE; ALKANNA TINCTORIA EXTRACT; ALKANNIN; BENZENE; COSMETIC; DICHLOROMETHANE; FOOD DYE; HEXANE; HYDROXYNAPHTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ISOHEXENYLNAPHTHAZARIN DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; MONOMER; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; NATURAL PRODUCT; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYMER; SHIKONIN; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR; ALKANNA; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG POTENCY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; DRUG STRUCTURE; FREEZE DRYING; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; POLYMERIZATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ALKANNA TINCTORIA;

EID: 2442442558     PISSN: 02693879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmc.344     Document Type: Article

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