Comparative phytochemical and morphological analyses of three Italian Primula species

Phytochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1683-1691

  Fico, Gelsomina ^a   Rodondi, Graziella ^a   Flamini, Guido ^b   Passarella, Daniele ^a   Tomé, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flavonoid; Morphology; Phytochemistry; Primula auricula; Primula daonensis; Primula hirsuta; Primulaceae; Taxonomy; Trichome

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PLANT LEAF; PRIMULACEAE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BODY SIZE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOSIDES; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PLANT LEAVES; PRIMULA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

PRIMULA; PRIMULA AURICULA; PRIMULA DAONENSIS; PRIMULA HIRSUTA; PRIMULACEAE;

EID: 34249932659     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.04.019     Document Type: Article

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