Prenylated pterocarpanes from Erythrina melanacantha

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 721-724

  Hauschild, Wera ^a   Mutiso, Patrick B Chalo ^b   Passreiter, Claus M ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Erythrina melanacantha ssp. Melanacantha; Fabaceae; Prenylated flavonoids; Pterocarpanes

Indexed keywords

2',3' EPOXY HOMOEDUDIOL; ERYBRAEDIN A; HOMOEDUDIOL; ISONEORAUTENOL; PHASEOLIDIN; PHASEOLIN; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BARK; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; ERYTHRINA MELANACANTHA; MEDICINAL PLANT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLANT STEM;

ERYTHRINA (ANGIOSPERM); FABACEAE;

EID: 77954107180     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x1000500509     Document Type: Article

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