Altitudinal changes in the content of bioactive substances in Hypericum orientale and Hypericum pallens

Acta Physiologiae Plantarum

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 675-686

  Camas, Necdet ^a   Radusiene, Jolita ^b   Ivanauskas, Liudas ^c   Jakstas, Valdas ^c   Cirak, Cuneyt ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Institute of Botany   (Lithuania)

^c LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation hyperforins; HPLC; Hypericins; Hypericum orientale; Hypericum pallens; Phenolics

Indexed keywords

HYPERICUM; HYPERICUM PALLENS;

EID: 84894262698     PISSN: 01375881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11738-013-1446-z     Document Type: Article

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