Variation of ursolic acid content in eight Ocimum species from northeastern Brazil

Molecules

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2482-2487

  Silva, M Goretti V ^a   Vieira, Ícaro G P ^b,c   Mendes, Francisca N P ^c   Albuquerque, Irineu L ^d   Dos Santos, Rogério N ^a   Silva, Fábio O ^a   Morais, Selene M ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c Parque de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico PADETEC   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FORTALEZA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HPLC; Labiatae; Ocimum; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

TRITERPENE; URSOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BASIL; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BRAZIL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; OCIMUM; TRITERPENES;

EID: 55249104050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules13102482     Document Type: Article

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