Flavonoids of 17 species of Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae) in Iran

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 631-641

  Noori, M ^a   Chehreghani, A ^b   Kaveh, M ^c  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Faculty of Science   (Iran)

^c Department of Biology   (Iran)

Author keywords

Computer analysis; Euphorbia; Euphorbiaceae; Flavonoids; Plant chemosystematics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ANALYSIS; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FLAVONOIDS; PLANT CHEMOSYSTEMATICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; FATTY ACIDS; PHENOLS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SUGARS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS;

CHEMOTAXONOMY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DICOTYLEDON; EXTRACTION METHOD; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT;

EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE;

EID: 70449396606     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240802389936     Document Type: Article

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