Unusual withanolides from aeroponically grown Withania somnifera

Phytochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 518-522

  Xu, Ya Ming ^a   Gao, Song ^a   Bunting, Daniel P ^a   Gunatilaka, A A Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

3 (Uracil 1 yl) 2,3 dihydrowithaferin A; 3 (Adenin 9 yl) 2,3 dihydrowithaferin A; 3 O Butyl 2,3 dihydrowithaferin A; Aeroponic culture; Solanaceae; Withania somnifera; Withanolides

Indexed keywords

WITHANOLIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; WITHANIA; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; WITHANIA; WITHANOLIDES;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SOLANACEAE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 79952902467     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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