Novel phenylanthraquinones, isofuranonaphthoquinones, homoisoflavonoids, and biflavonoids from African plants in the genera Bulbine, Scilla, Ledebouria, and Rhus

Phytochemistry Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 299-310

  Abegaz, Berhanu M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Biflavonoids; Bulbine; Homoisoflavonoids; Ledebouria graminifolia; Phenylanthraquinones; Rhus pyroides; Scilla nervosa

Indexed keywords

2' O METHYLKNIPHOLONE; 4' O DEMETHYLKNIPHOLONE 4' O BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE; 4' O DEMETHYLKNIPOLONE; AMENTOFLAVONE; ANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; BIFLAVONOID; BULBINE EXTRACT; BULBINE KNIPOLONE; CHLOROQUINE; FOLIOSONE; GABOROQUINONE A; GABOROQUINONE B; HINOKIFLAVONE; ISOFLAVONOID; ISOFURANONAPTHOQUINONE DERIVATIVE; ISOKNIPHOLONE; KNIPHOLONE; LEDEBOURIA EXTRACT; PHNEYLANTHRAQUINONE DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; RHUS EXTRACT; SQUILL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMALARIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLON CARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SKIN IRRITATION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; WOUND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BULBINE; INSECTA; LEDEBOURIA; RHUS; RHUS PYROIDES; SCILLA; SCILLA NERVOSA;

EID: 26244453945     PISSN: 15687767     EISSN: 1572980X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026066626537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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