Steroidal lactones from withania somnifera, an ancient plant for novel medicine

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2373-2393

  Mirjalili, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Moyano, Elisabeth ^b   Bonfill, Mercedes ^c   Cusido, Rosa M ^c   Palazón, Javier ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Triterpenoids; Withaferin A; Withania somnifera; Withanolide A; Withanolides

Indexed keywords

LACTONE; STEROID; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG SCREENING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; REVIEW; WITHANIA;

ANIMALS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; LACTONES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STEROIDS; TRITERPENES; WITHANIA;

EID: 68649107171     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14072373     Document Type: Review

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