Swertia chirata Buch.-Ham, ex Wall. (Gentianaceae), an endangered Himalayan medicinal plant: Comparative study of the secondary compound patterns in market drug, in vitro-cultivated, and micropropagated field grown samples

Scientia Pharmaceutica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 127-137

  Wawrosch, Christoph ^a   Hugh Bloch, Andreas ^a   Hostettmann, Kurt ^b   Kopp, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Compound pattern; Field culture; Gentianaceae; Micropropagation; Swertia chirata; Threatened plants

Indexed keywords

1,3,7,8 XANTHONE O GLYCOSIDE; AMAROGENTIN; BELLIDIFOLIN; BELLIDIFOLIN 8 O GLUCOSIDE; BISXANTHONE; BISXANTHONE DERIVATIVE; DECUSSATIN; DICHLOROMETHANE; GENTIOPICRIN; GLYCOSIDE; ISOBELLIDIFOLIN 8 O GLUCOSIDE; MANGIFERIN; METHANOL; NORBELLIDIFOLIN; NORBELLIDIFOLIN 8 O GLUCOSIDE; PLANT EXTRACT; SWERCHIRIN; SWERTIAMARIN; SWERTIPUNICOSIDE; TERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHONE DERIVATIVE; XANTHONE GLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; XANTHONE O GLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHIRATA; CLONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVATED SPECIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO PROPAGATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MICROPROPAGATION; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT TISSUE CULTURE; SWERTIA; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WILD SPECIES;

EID: 27144556467     PISSN: 00368709     EISSN: 22180532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3797/scipharm.aut-05-11     Document Type: Article

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