Phyllanthin biosynthesis in Phyllanthus amarus: Schum and Thonn growing at different altitudes

Journal of Medicinal Plants Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 041-048

  Khan, Salim ^a   Al Qurainy, Fahad ^a   Ram, Mauji ^b   Ahmad, Sayeed ^c   Abdin, Malik Zainul ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Geography   (India)

^c HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

High performance thin layer chromatography; Phyllanthin; Quantification; Secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

HYPOPHYLLANTHIN; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; PHYLLANTHIN; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRY WEIGHT; GEOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH;

EUPHORBIACEAE; PHYLLANTHUS AMARUS;

EID: 76249095210     PISSN: 19960875     EISSN: 19960875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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