The metabolites of the genus onopordum (asteraceae): Chemistry and biological properties

Current Organic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 888-927

  Bruno, Maurizio ^a   Maggio, Antonella ^a   Rosselli, Sergio ^a   Safder, Muhammad ^a,b   Banchev, Svetlana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Biological activity; Chemcial modification; Flavonoids; Sesquiterpenoids; Steroids and triterrpenes; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

13C NMR; ASTERACEAE; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMCIAL MODIFICATION; FLAVONOID; SESQUITERPENOIDS; SPECTRAL DATA; STEROID AND TRITERRPENES; SYNTHETIC APPROACH;

METABOLITES;

EID: 80051813196     PISSN: 13852728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138527211794518880     Document Type: Article

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