Isolation of (+)-pinitol and other constituents from the root bark of Tamarindus indica Linn.

Journal of Natural Medicines

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 355-356

  Jain, Renuka ^a   Jain, Shweta ^a   Sharma, Archana ^a   Ito, Hideyuki ^b   Hatano, Tsutomu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(+) Pinitol; Caesalpiniaceae; Root bark; Tamarindus indica

Indexed keywords

21 OXOBEHENIC ACID; APIGENIN; ARACHIDIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; N HEXACOSANE; OCTACOSANYL FERULATE; PINITOL; SITOSTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEXIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; MEDICINAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT ROOT; TAMARIND;

EID: 34548815657     PISSN: 13403443     EISSN: 18610293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11418-007-0144-9     Document Type: Article

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