Pharmacognostical comparison of three species of Himatanthus

International Journal of Botany

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-175

  Ferreira, José Luiz Pinto ^a,d   Amaral, Ana Cláudia Fernandes ^a   de Araújo, Renata Bastos ^a   Carvalho, Júnior Ribeiro ^b   Proença, Carolyn Elinore Barnes ^c   Fraga, Sandra Aparecida Padilha Magalhães ^a   Silva, Jefferson Rocha de Andrade ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^d FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Apocynaceae; Himatanthus; HPTLC; Iridoids; Morphological analysis

Indexed keywords

APOCYNACEAE; HIMATANTHUS; HIMATANTHUS SUCUUBA; PICEA;

EID: 68949111710     PISSN: 18119700     EISSN: 18119719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijb.2009.171.175     Document Type: Article

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