Cucurbitacins isolated from the fruits of Momordica cymbalaria Hook f

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 96-101

  Dhasan, P Bharathi ^a   Jegadeesan, M ^a   Kavimani, S ^b  

^a TAMIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Mother Theresa Post Graduate and Research Institute of Health Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Cucurbitacin; Isolation; Momordica cymbalaria; NMR

Indexed keywords

2 (3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYL) 3,5,7 TRIHYDROXY 4H CHROMEN 4 ONE; 21,22 DIDEHYDROXYMOMORDICOSIDE; 21,22,23,24 TETRAHYDROXYCUCURBITA 5 ENE 3 O BIGLUCOSIDE; 23,24 DIHYDROXYCUCURBITA 5,21 DIENE 3 O BIGLUCOSIDE; 3,7 DIHYDROXY 25 METHOXYCUCURBITA 5,23 DIENE 19 AL; 3,7,23 TRIHYDROXYCUCURBITA 5,24 DIENE 19 AL; 3,7,25 TRIHYDROXYCUCURBITA 5,23 DIENE 19 AL; CUCURBITACIN GLYCOSIDE; HERBACEOUS AGENT; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA EXTRACT; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG ISOLATION; FRUIT; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; MOMORDICA; MOMORDICA CYMBALARIA; NONHUMAN; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 69749107553     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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