Benzo[c]phenanthridine alkaloids from stem bark of the Forest Knobwood, Zanthoxylum davyi (Rutaceae)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 555-558

  Tarus, P K ^a,b   Coombes, P H ^a   Crouch, N R ^a,c   Mulholland, D A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 Hydroxydihydrochelerythrine; 6 Methoxy 7 demethyldihydrochelerythrine; Benzo c phenanthridine alkaloids; Rutaceae; Zanthoxylum davyi

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BARK; CHEMOTAXONOMY; ETHNOBOTANY; PLANT EXTRACT; STEM;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

RUTACEAE; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 33749245878     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2006.03.014     Document Type: Article

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