Identification of sesquilignans in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) leaf and their anticancer activities

Journal of Functional Foods

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-34

  Wen, Lingrong ^a,b   He, Jirui ^a,c   Wu, Dan ^a,c   Jiang, Yueming ^a   Prasad, K Nagendra ^d   Zhao, Mouming ^b   Lin, Sen ^a   Jiang, Guoxiang ^a   Luo, Wei ^b   Yang, Bao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant activity; Cytotoxity; Lignan glycoside; Litchi leaf; Sesquilignans

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899985650     PISSN: 17564646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jff.2014.02.017     Document Type: Article

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