3-Benzyl-4-chromanones (homoisoflavanones) from bulbs of the ethnomedicinal geophyte Ledebouria revoluta (Hyacinthaceae)

South African Journal of Botany

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-520

  Moodley, N ^a   Crouch, N R ^a,b   Mulholland, D A ^a,c   Slade, D ^d   Ferreira, D ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Benzyl 4 chromanones; Homoisoflavanones; Hyacinthaceae; Ledebouria revoluta; Southern Africa; Traditional medicine

Indexed keywords

ETHNOBOTANY; GEOPHYTE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT EXTRACT; SPECTROSCOPY;

AFRICA;

HYACINTHACEAE; LEDEBOURIA REVOLUTA;

EID: 33749261637     PISSN: 02546299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sajb.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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