Metabolite profiling of saponins in Balanites aegyptiaca plant tissues using LC (RI)-ESI/MS and MALDI-TOF/MS

Metabolomics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 357-366

  Chapagain, Bishnu P ^a   Wiesman, Zeev ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Balanites aegyptiaca; LC ESI MS; MALDI TOF MS; Metabolite profiling; Saponins

Indexed keywords

BALANITES; BALANITES AEGYPTIACA;

EID: 55349121826     PISSN: 15733882     EISSN: 15733890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11306-008-0129-z     Document Type: Article

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