What is it about?
Buxus sempervirens is a medicinal plant found in Turkey. It has numerous medicinal applications. The present study isolated some steroidal alkaloids from this plant.
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Why is it important?
To know the phytochemical profile of this medicinal plant and so trying to understand the chemical basis of its bioactivities.
Perspectives
New and novel molecules are required for drug discovery so that safe, effective and affordable medicines can be made available to common people. Plants have the potential to fulfill this requirement. Hence the current research on this plant.
Dr Dildar Ahmed
Forman Christian College
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This page is a summary of: Steroidal alkaloids from leaves of Buxus sempervirens, Phytochemistry, January 1991, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-9422(00)95219-1.
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