Active constituents in Rheum acuminatum and Rheum australe (Polygonaceae) roots: A variation between cultivated and naturally growing plants

Biochemical Systematics and Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2012, Pages 83-90

  Rokaya, Maan Bahadur ^a,b   Maršík, Petr ^c   Münzbergová, Zuzana ^a,b  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Folk medicine; Phytochemical; Rheum acuminatum; Rheum australe; Secondary metabolites

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CULTIVAR; CULTIVATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; ROOT SYSTEM; SECONDARY METABOLITE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

CZECH REPUBLIC; NEPAL;

ALOE; POLYGONACEAE; RHEUM; RHEUM AUSTRALE;

EID: 84855426665     PISSN: 03051978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bse.2011.11.004     Document Type: Article

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