Molecular biology, phytochemistry and bioactivity of three endemic Aloe species from Mauritius and Réunion Islands

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 566-574

  Ranghoo Sanmukhiya, Mala ^a   Govinden Soulange, Joyce ^a   Lavergne, Christophe ^b   Khoyratty, Shannoo ^a   Da Silva, Denis ^c   Frederich, Michel ^d   Kodja, Hippolyte ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAURITIUS   (Mauritius)

^b Conservatoire Botanique National de Mascarin ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aloe sect. Lomatophyllum; Anthraquinones; Antimicrobial activity; Genetic diversity; Mascarene Islands

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; KETONES; MICROORGANISMS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

ALOE SECT.; ALOE VERA; ANTHRAQUINONE; ANTI-MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DNA PROFILES; GENETICS DIVERSITIES; LOMATOPHYLLUM; MASCARENE ISLAND; PHYTOCHEMICAL; PURPUREA;

GENOME;

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; DNA;

ALOE; ALOE MACRA; ALOE PURPUREA; ALOE TORMENTORII; ALOE VERA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAURITIUS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REUNION; SCREENING; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ALOE; ALOE VERA; LOMATOPHYLLUM;

EID: 78049424717     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: 10991565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pca.1234     Document Type: Article

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