Seasonal variation of hypericin and pseudohypericin contents in Hypericum scabrum L. growing wild in Turkey

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-244

  Ayan, Ali Kemal ^a   Çirak, Cüneyt ^a   Güney, Kerim ^b  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hypericin; Hypericum scabrum; Infrageneric classification; Ontogenetic variation; Pseudohypericin

Indexed keywords

HYPERICIN; PSEUDOHYPERICIN;

ARTICLE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM SCABRUM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; PLANT REPRODUCTION; PLANT STEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

HYPERICUM SCABRUM;

EID: 77149151746     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300228     Document Type: Article

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