Natural Product Sciences
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.75-85
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- 1996
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- 1226-3907(pISSN)
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- 2288-9027(eISSN)
Naphthaquinones from some Boraginaceous Taxa-A Chemical Review
- Khatoon, Sayyada (Pharmacognosy Section, National Botanical Research Institute) ;
- Mehrotra, Shanta (Pharmacognosy Section, National Botanical Research Institute)
- Published : 1996.12.01
Abstract
The naphthaquinones-isohexenylnaphthazarins-are mostly found in the ceratenchymatous cells of the roots of some boraginaceous taxa. A total of 34 naphthazarins and their derivatives have been isolated from these taxa till date.