Phytochemical Variation in Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don (Chuan Bei Mu) in Relation to Plant Reproductive Stage and Timing of Harvest

Economic Botany

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-294

  Konchar, Katie ^a,b   Li, Xiao Li ^c   Yang, Yong Ping ^c   Emshwiller, Eve ^b  

^a MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c KUNMING INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Conservation; Hengduan Mountains; Local ecological knowledge (LEK); Phytochemistry; Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM)

Indexed keywords

FRITILLARIA CIRRHOSA;

EID: 80052946856     PISSN: 00130001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12231-011-9170-3     Document Type: Article

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