Chemistry and pharmacology of Rhaponticum carthamoides: A review

Phytochemistry

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 842-855

  Kokoska, Ladislav ^a   Janovska, Dagmar ^b  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^b CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adaptogenic activity; Ecdysteroids; Leuzea carthamoides; Rhaponticum carthamoides

Indexed keywords

COUMARIN DERIVATIVE; ECDYSTEROID; FLAVONOID; GLYCOSIDE; LIGNIN; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TERPENE;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUZEA; MEDICINAL PLANT; REVIEW;

COUMARINS; ECDYSTEROIDS; FLAVONOIDS; GLYCOSIDES; LEUZEA; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHENOLS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TERPENES;

HEXAPODA; LEUZEA; LEUZEA CARTHAMOIDES; RHAPONTICUM CARTHAMOIDES;

EID: 67249143546     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2009.04.008     Document Type: Review

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