Selective reactivity of 2-mercaptoethanol with 5β,6β-epoxide in steroids from Withania somnifera

Steroids

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-251

  Misra, Laxminarain ^a   Lal, Payare ^a   Chaurasia, Narayan D ^a   Sangwan, Rajender S ^a   Sinha, Sudhir ^b   Tuli, Rakesh ^c  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c CSIR NATIONAL BOTANICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Ashwagandha; Epoxide; Mercaptoethanol; Withania somnifera L.; Withanolides; Withasteroids

Indexed keywords

5BETA,6BETA EPOXIDE; EPOXIDE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WITHAFERIN A;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EPOXY COMPOUNDS; ERGOSTEROL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MERCAPTOETHANOL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; STEROIDS; WITHANIA;

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 38749083060     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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