Content of phenolic compounds in wild populations of Epilobium angustifolium growing at different altitudes

Pharmaceutical Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1576-1582

  Monschein, Marlene ^a   Jaindl, Kerstin ^a   Buzimkić, Sabina ^a   Bucar, Franz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Altitudinal variation; Flavonoids; HPLC; LC MS

Indexed keywords

FLAVONOID; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDE; METHANOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; QUERCETIN 3 GLUCURONIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM; FLOWER; GROWING SEASON; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT STEM; PLANT TISSUE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PLANT STRUCTURES;

ALTITUDE; EPILOBIUM; FLAVONOIDS; PHENOLS; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL;

EID: 84945949294     PISSN: 13880209     EISSN: 17445116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13880209.2014.993039     Document Type: Article

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