Claim · model-written summary
Eight new chalcones were isolated from the aerial parts of Medicago sativa for the first time, together with 12 known chalcones.
- Taxon
- Medicago sativa
Medicago sativat0 - Organ / stage
- aerial partse1
- Outcome
- new chalconese1
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Verbatim
t0“Characterization of Chalcones from Medicago sativa L.”
e1“A total of 8 new chalcones ( 1 – 8 ), and 12 known chalcones ( 9 – 20 ) were isolated from the aerial parts of M. sativa for the first time”
Title
Qin-Ge Ma; Ting Li; Rong-Rui Wei; et al. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 2016. doi:10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03883
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