Annona muricata (Graviola): Toxic or therapeutic

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-33

  Mohanty, Sambeet ^a   Hollinshead, Jackie ^b   Jones, Laurence ^b   Jones, Paul Wyn ^b   Thomas, David ^b   Watson, Alison A ^b   Watson, David G ^a   Gray, Alexander I ^a   Molyneuxc, Russell J ^c   Nash, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b Summit (Wales) Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Annona muricata; Glycosidase inhibitors; Graviola; Imino sugar; Immune modulator; Soursop; Swainsonine; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANNONA MURICATA EXTRACT; GLYCOSIDASE; IMINOSUGAR; NOMEGESTROL ACETATE; SWAINSONINE;

ANNONACEAE; ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN;

ANNONA MURICATA; ANNONACEAE;

EID: 77954008825     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800300107     Document Type: Article

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