Psychotria viridis: Chemical constituents from leaves and biological properties

ABSTRACT The phytochemical study of hexane, chloroform and methanol extracts from leaves of Psychotria viridis resulted in the identification of: the pentacyclic triterpenes, ursolic and oleanolic acid; the steroids, 24-methylene-cycloartanol, stigmasterol and β-sitosterol; the glycosylated steroids...

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Main Authors: DÉBORA B.S. SOARES, LUCIENIR P. DUARTE, ANDRÉ D. CAVALCANTI, FERNANDO C. SILVA, ARIADNE D. BRAGA, MIRIAM T.P. LOPES, JACQUELINE A. TAKAHASHI, SIDNEY A. VIEIRA-FILHO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Series:Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
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