Caffeoyl phenols and alkamides of cultivated Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea atrorubens var. paradoxa

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 835-840

  Chen, Chung Li ^a   Zhang, Shih Chan ^a   Sung, Jih Min ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Alkamides; Biomass; Caffeic acid derivatives; Echinacea atrorubens; Echinacea purpurea; Purple coneflower; Yield

Indexed keywords

CAFFEIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CAFFEOYL PHENOL; CAFTARIC ACID; CICHORIC ACID; ECHINACEA ATRORUBENS EXTRACT; ECHINACEA PURPUREA EXTRACT; ECHINACOSIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVAR; DRUG SYNTHESIS; DRY MASS; ECHINACEA ATRORUBENS; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; FLOWER HEAD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; TAIWAN;

ECHINACEA (ASTERACEAE); ECHINACEA ATRORUBENS; ECHINACEA PURPUREA;

EID: 77149162080     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13880200902939291     Document Type: Article

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