Very-long-chain hydroxyaldehydes from the cuticular wax of Taxus baccata needles

Phytochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 2563-2569

  Wen, Miao ^a   Jetter, Reinhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aldehydes; Alkanediols; Chain length; GC MS; Taxodiaceae; Taxus baccata; Yew

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALDEHYDE; ALKANE; WAX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; HYDROXYLATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PLANT LEAF; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TAXUS;

ALCOHOLS; ALDEHYDES; ALKANES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROXYLATION; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT LEAVES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TAXUS; WAXES;

CUPRESSACEAE; TAXUS; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 34548831347     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2007.05.029     Document Type: Article

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