Yarrow (Achillea millefolium L. s.l.): Pharmaceutical quality of commercial samples

Pharmazie

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-26

  Benedek, B ^a   Rothwangl Wiltschnigg, K ^a   Rozema, E ^a   Gjoncaj, N ^a   Reznicek, G ^a   Jurenitsch, J ^a   Kopp, B ^a   Glasl, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM EXTRACT; AZULENE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL OIL; FLAVONOID; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUINIC ACID;

ACHILLEA; ARTICLE; DRUG QUALITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ACHILLEA; AZULENES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EUROPE; FLAVONOIDS; OILS, VOLATILE; PHENOLS; QUINIC ACID; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 38549148989     PISSN: 00317144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1691/ph.2008.7646     Document Type: Article

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