Citation
G. Appendino et al., Multiflorane triterpenoid esters from pumpkin. An unexpected extrafolic source of PABA, PHYTOCHEM, 51(8), 1999, pp. 1021-1026
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Agricultural Chemistry","Animal & Plant Sciences
Journal title
PHYTOCHEMISTRY
ISSN journal
00319422
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Volume
51
Issue
8
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1021 - 1026
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9422(199908)51:8<1021:MTEFPA>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The seeds of pumpkin and squash contain relatively large amounts of two mul
tiflorane triterpenoids (1a, 2a) esterified with PABA, a folic acid constit
uent found for the first time in secondary plant metabolites. (C) 1999 Else
vier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.