Coumarins and Related Compounds from the Medicinal Plants of Africa

Medicinal Plant Research in Africa: Pharmacology and Chemistry

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 261-300

  Poumale, Hervé Martial Poumale ^a,d   Hamm, Rebecca ^b   Zang, Yanqing ^c   Shiono, Yoshihito ^d   Kuete, Victor ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HEILONGJIANG BAYI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DSCHANG   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

African plants; Benzopyrone; Biological activity; Biosynthesis; Coumarins

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902945205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-405927-6.00008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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