A new prenylated flavonoid from propolis collected in Okinawa, Japan

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 260-262

  Kumazawa, Shigenori ^a   Goto, Hitomi ^a   Hamasaka, Tomoko ^a   Fukumoto, Syuichi ^b   Fujimoto, Takunori ^c   Nakayama, Tsutomu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^b Pokka Corporation   (Japan)

^c Japan Propolis Conference   (Japan)

Author keywords

Isonymphaeol B; Okinawa; Prenylflavonoid; Propolis

Indexed keywords

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIPHENYL P PICRYLHYDRAZYL; DIPHENYL-P-PICRYLHYDRAZYL; FLAVANONE DERIVATIVE; FLAVONOID; HYDRAZINE DERIVATIVE; PROPOLIS; SCAVENGER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; JAPAN; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BIPHENYL COMPOUNDS; FLAVANONES; FLAVONOIDS; FREE RADICAL SCAVENGERS; HYDRAZINES; JAPAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROPOLIS; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION;

PROPOLIS;

EID: 2442529445     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.68.260     Document Type: Article

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