Synthesis of betamethasone from the waste of Thai Agave sisalana

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 865-874

  Kongkathip, Ngampong ^a   Kongkathip, Boonsong ^a   Noimai, Naratitt ^a  

^a KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Agave sisalana; Betamethasone; Dehydrogenation; Epoxidation; Grignard reaction; Hecogenin

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE;

AGAVE; AGAVE SISALANA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDROGENATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; EPOXIDATION; GRIGNARD REACTION; NONHUMAN; REACTION ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33644639838     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910500464855     Document Type: Article

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