Isolation of Sceletium alkaloids by high-speed countercurrent chromatography

Phytochemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 190-193

  Shikanga, Emmanuel Amukohe ^a   Viljoen, Alvaro ^a   Combrinck, Sandra ^a   Marston, Andrew ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

High speed countercurrent chromatography; Isolation; Mesembrine alkaloids; Mesembryanthemaceae; Sceletium tortuosum

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; SCELETIUM TORTUOSUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; COUNTER CURRENT CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MESEMBRYANTHEMUM; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

SCELETIUM; SCELETIUM TORTUOSUM;

EID: 79957492281     PISSN: 18743900     EISSN: 18767486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytol.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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