Homoisoflavanones and spirocyclic nortriterpenoids from three Eucomis species: E. comosa, E. schijffii and E. pallidiflora subsp. pole-evansii (Hyacinthaceae)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 428-433

  Koorbanally, C ^a   Crouch, N R ^a,b   Langlois, A ^a   Du Toit, K ^a   Mulholland, D A ^a,c   Drewes, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

(23S) 17 ,23 epoxy 3 ,28,29 trihydroxy 27 norlanost 8 en 24 one; (23S) 17 ,23 epoxy 3 ,29 dihydroxy 27 nor 5 lanost 8 ene 15,24 dione; (E) eucomin; (Z) eucomin; 5,7 dihydroxy 8 methoxy 3 (4 hydroxybenzyl) 4 chromanone; 7 hydroxy 5 methoxy 3 (4 hydroxybenzyl) 4 chromanone; 8 methoxy 5,6,7 trihydroxy 3 (4 hydroxybenzylidene) 4 chromanone; Benzylidene; E. pallidiflora subsp. pole evansii; E. schijffii; Eucomis comosa; Homoisoflavonoids; Hyacinthaceae; Punctatin; scillascillin; Spirocyclic nortriterpenoid

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; GENE EXPRESSION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT EXTRACT;

EUCOMIS; EUCOMIS COMOSA; HYACINTHACEAE;

EID: 33646909937     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2005.12.006     Document Type: Article

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