Noteworthy secondary metabolites naphthoquinones-their occurrence, pharmacological properties and analysis

P Babula, V Adam, L Havel…

Index: Das, Sushanta K.; Balasubrahmanyam, S. N. Indian Journal of Chemistry, Section B: Organic Chemistry Including Medicinal Chemistry, 1984 , vol. 23, # 3 p. 254 - 256

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Abstract

... Napthoquinones have many physiologi- cal roles – ubiquinone, plastoquinone and K vitamins are functional constituents of biochemical systems. ... In Italy, it is an ingredient of a liqueur. ... extracts of many species this genus are widely used in African, Chinese and Indian folk- lore ...