Characterization and quantification of triterpenes in the neotropical medicinal plant Souroubea sympetala (Marcgraviaceae) by HPLC-APCI-MS

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1885-1888

  Mullally, Martha ^a   Kramp, Kari ^a   Saleem, Ammar ^a   Rojas, Marco Otorola ^b   Vindas, Pablo Sanchez ^b   Garcia, Mario ^b   Alvarez, Luis Poveda ^b   Durst, Tony ^b   Trudeau, Vance L ^a   Arnason, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiolysis; Marcgraviaceae; Pentacyclic triterpenes; Souroubea sympetala

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYRIN; BETA AMYRIN; BETULIC ACID; PLANT EXTRACT; SOUROUBEA SYMPETALA EXTRACT; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URSOLIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BARK; FLOWER; FRUIT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOTROPICS; NONHUMAN; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAF; SOUROUBEA SYMPETALA; TRANQUILIZING ACTIVITY; WOOD;

MARCGRAVIACEAE; SOUROUBEA SYMPETALA;

EID: 77954126920     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0800301118     Document Type: Article

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