Benjaminamide: A new ceramide and other compounds from the twigs of Ficus benjamina (Moraceae)

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 238-243

  Simo, Christophe C F ^a   Kouam, Simeon F ^a,b   Poumale, Herve M P ^a   Simo, Ingrid K ^a   Ngadjui, Bonaventure T ^a   Green, Ivan R ^c   Krohn, Karsten ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Benjaminamide; Ceramide; Chemotaxonomic significance; Ficus benjamina; Moraceae

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTAXONOMY; DICOTYLEDON; LIPID; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT EXTRACT;

FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); FICUS BENJAMINA; MORACEAE;

EID: 37649015327     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2007.08.014     Document Type: Article

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