Occurrence of taraxerol and taraxasterol in medicinal plants

Pharmacognosy Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 19-23

  Sharma, Kiran ^a   Zafar, Rasheeduz ^a  

^a HAMDARD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Plant tissue culture; taraxasterol; taraxerol

Indexed keywords

TARAXASTEROL; TARAXEROL; TRITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; CANCER THERAPY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MEDICINAL PLANT; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 84929412115     PISSN: 09737847     EISSN: 09762787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-7847.156317     Document Type: Review

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