Lack of altitudinal trends in phytochemical constituents of Swertia franchetiana (Gentianaceae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 861-866

  Yang, Huiling ^a   Duan, Yuanwen ^a   Hu, Fengzhu ^a   Liu, Jianquan ^a  

^a NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Active constituents; Altitude; Swertia franchetiana; Variation

Indexed keywords

PHYTOCHEMISTRY;

GENTIANACEAE; SWERTIA; SWERTIA FRANCHETIANA;

EID: 3343003028     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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