A new triterpenoid from the leaves of Ficus benjamina (var. comosa)

Natural Product Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 729-736

  Parveen, Mehtab ^a   Ghalib, Raza Murad ^a   Mehdi, Sayed Hasan ^a   Rehman, Syed Ziaur ^b   Ali, Mohammad ^c  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

sitosterol; (Var. comosa); Ficus benjamina; Friedelin; Moraceae; Pentacontanyl decanoate triterpenoids; Serrat 3 one

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINOCICEPTIVE AGENT; FICUS BENJAMINA EXTRACT; FRIEDELIN; PENTACOTANYL DECANOATE; PENTAZOCINE; SERRAT 3 ONE; SITOSTEROL; TRITERPENOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTINOCICEPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG STRUCTURE; FICUS BENJAMINA; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MORACEAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT;

ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; FICUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANT LEAVES; RATS; TRITERPENES;

FICUS BENJAMINA; MORACEAE;

EID: 67650979423     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410802362204     Document Type: Article

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