Biosynthesis of antimalarial lignans from Holostylis reniformis

Phytochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 590-596

  Messiano, Gisele B ^a   da Silva, Tito ^a   Nascimento, Isabele R ^a   Lopes, Lucia M X ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aristolochiaceae; Aryltetralone lignans; Biosynthesis; Epoxylignans; Holostylis reniformis; Lignans; Neolignans; Propenylphenols

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; LIGNAN;

ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTIMALARIALS; ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; LIGNANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET;

ARISTOLOCHIACEAE; HOLOSTYLIS RENIFORMIS;

EID: 64949201138     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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