Plant steroidal saponins: A focus on open-chain glycosides

Natural Products: Phytochemistry, Botany and Metabolism of Alkaloids, Phenolics and Terpenes

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 3225-3250

  Challinor, Victoria L ^a   de Voss, James J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cholestane glycosides; Furostanol; Open chain steroidal glycosides; Spirostanol; Stereochemistry; Steroidal saponins; Structure elucidation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927529675     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_139     Document Type: Chapter

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