Steroidal saponins and sapogenins from the Agavaceae family

Natural Product Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-114

  Simmons Boyce, Joanne L ^a,b   Tinto, Winston F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agavaceae; Furospirostanes; Furostanes; Pregnanes; Spirostanes; Steroidal saponins and sapogenins

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953162219     PISSN: 1934578X     EISSN: 15559475     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1934578x0700200120     Document Type: Review

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