Determination of the n-alkane profile of epicuticular wax extracted from mature leaves of Cestrum nocturnum (Solanaceae: Solanales)

Natural Product Research

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1313-1317

  Chowdhury, Nandita ^a   Ghosh, Anupam ^a   Bhattacharjee, Indranil ^a   Laskar, Subrata ^a   Chandra, Goutam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN   (India)

Author keywords

alkane; carbon preference index; Cestrum nocturnum; epicuticular wax; hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; DOCOSANE; DOTRIACONTANE; EICOSANE; EPICUTICULAR WAX; HENTRIACONTANE; HEPTACOSANE; HEXACOSANE; HEXANE; HYDROCARBON; NONACOSANE; NONADECANE; OCTACOSANE; OCTADECANE; PENTACOSANE; PLANT EXTRACT; TETRACOSANE; TETRATRIACONTANE; TRIACONTANE; TRICOSANE; TRITRIACONTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WAX;

ARTICLE; CESTRUM; CESTRUM NOCTURNUM; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED RADIATION; PLANT LEAF; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALKANES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; INDIA; PLANT LEAVES; SOLANACEAE;

CESTRUM NOCTURNUM; SOLANACEAE; SOLANALES;

EID: 77956233768     PISSN: 14786419     EISSN: 14786427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786410903246868     Document Type: Article

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