Cucurbitane-type triterpene glycosides from the fruits of Momordica charantia

Planta Medica

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1291-1294

  Liu, Yi ^a   Ali, Zulfiqar ^a   Khan, Ikhlas A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; Cucurbitane type triterpene glycosides; Momordica charantia

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE; GOYAGLYCOSIDE C; GOYAGLYCOSIDE D; MOMORDICOSIDE A; MOMORDICOSIDE F1; MOMORDICOSIDE F2; MOMORDICOSIDE G; MOMORDICOSIDE K; MOMORDICOSIDE L; PYRANOSIDE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FRUIT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

FRUIT; GLYCOSIDES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; TRITERPENES;

CUCURBITACEAE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA;

EID: 50649094311     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1081297     Document Type: Article

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