Occurrence of pyrrolizidine alkaloids in three Ethiopian Solanecio species

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 399-407

  Asres, Kaleab ^a   Sporer, Frank ^b   Wink, Michael ^b  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capillary gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Pyrrolizidine alkaloids; Senecioneae; Solanecio angulatus; Solanecio mannii; Solanecio tuberosus

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; CHEMOTAXONOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; ESTER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONEY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NECTAR; PLANT EXTRACT; POLLEN; TUBER;

SENECIONEAE; SOLANECIO; SOLANECIO MANNII;

EID: 41949134928     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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