Determination of naphthazarin derivatives in endemic Turkish Alkanna species by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography

Planta Medica

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 267-272

  Pekin, Gulseren ^a   Ganzera, Markus ^b   Senol, Serdar ^a   Bedir, Erdal ^a   Korkmaz, Kemal S ^a   Stuppner, Hermann ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alkanna spp.; Alkannin; HPLC; LC MS; Shikonin

Indexed keywords

ALKANNA EXTRACT; ALKANNIN; HEXANE; NAPHTHAZARIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALKANNA MUGHLAE; ALKANNA TINCTORIA; ALKANNA TUBULOSA; ARTICLE; BORAGINACEAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG RESEARCH; HYDROLYSIS; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

BORAGINACEAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; NAPHTHOQUINONES; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; TURKEY;

ALKANNA; ALKANNA MUGHLAE; ALKANNA TINCTORIA;

EID: 34250363629     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-967110     Document Type: Article

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