Triterpenes and flavonoids from the roots of Mauritia flexuosa

Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 189-192

  Koolen, Hector H F ^a   Soares, Elzalina R ^a   da Silva, Felipe M A ^a   de Souza, Antonia Q L ^b   Filho, Edson Rodrigues ^c   de Souza, Afonso D L ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO ESTADO DO AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arecaceae flavonoids mauritia flexuosa triterpenes

Indexed keywords

BETULIC ACID; BETULIN; FLAVONOID; FRIEDELIN; LUPENONE; LUPEOL ACETATE; QUERCETIN; QUERCITRIN; RUTOSIDE; TARAXERONE; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DRUG ISOLATION; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MAURITIA FLEXUOSA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT ROOT; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

EID: 83155175683     PISSN: 0102695X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-695X2011005000201     Document Type: Article

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