The content of indigo precursors in Isatis tinctoria leaves - A comparative study of selected accessions and post-harvest treatments

Phytochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 3261-3268

  Oberthür, Christine ^a,b   Graf, Heidemarie ^a   Hamburger, Matthias ^a,b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Densitometry; HPTLC; Indican; Indigo; Isatan A; Isatan B; Isatis indigotica; Isatis tinctoria; Woad

Indexed keywords

ACID; BASE; INDICAN; INDIGO; INDIRUBIN; ISATAN A; ISATAN B; ISATIS TINCTIORA EXTRACT; PIGMENT; PLANT EXTRACT; PLANT GLYCOSIDE; SILICA GEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; DILUTION; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; DRY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FREEZING; HARVEST; HIGH PERFORMANCE THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISATIS; ISATIS INDIGOTICA; ISATIS TINCTIORA; MEDICINAL PLANT; PLANT LEAF; PRECURSOR; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; ROSETTE FORMATION; SAMPLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FREEZE DRYING; GLYCOSIDES; INDOLES; ISATIS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANT LEAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

BRASSICACEAE; INDIGOFERA; ISATIS; ISATIS INDIGOTICA; ISATIS TINCTORIA;

EID: 9244261942     PISSN: 00319422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2004.10.014     Document Type: Article

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