New cucurbitane triterpenoids and steroidal glycoside from Momordica charantia

Molecules

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4804-4813

  Liu, Jie Qing ^a   Chen, Jian Chao ^a   Wang, Cui Fang ^a   Qiu, Ming Hua ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; Cucurbitane triterpenoids; Momordica charantia; Steroidal glycoside

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSIDE; STEROID; TRITERPENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

GLYCOSIDES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOMORDICA CHARANTIA; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEROIDS; TRITERPENES;

EID: 73849108145     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules14124804     Document Type: Article

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