Selective and cost effective protocol to separate bioactive triterpene acids from plant matrices using alkalinized ethanol: Application to leaves of Myrtaceae species

Pharmacognosy Magazine

Volumn 11, Issue 43, 2015, Pages 470-476

  Lima, Adélia M Belem ^a   Siani, Antonio Carlos ^a   Nakamura, Marcos Jun ^a   D'Avila, Luiz Antonio ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alkaline extraction; cutin depolymerization; Eugenia; Psidium; Syzygium; triterpene acids

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEXANE; PIGMENT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; TRITERPENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EUGENIA; EUGENIA BRASILIENSIS; EUGENIA FLORIDA; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUAVA; MYRTACEAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PSIDIUM CATTLEIANUM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYZYGIUM CUMINI;

EID: 84937933880     PISSN: 09731296     EISSN: 09764062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1296.160453     Document Type: Article

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