Phytochemical characteristics of Galeopsis ladanum subsp. angustifolia (Ehrh. ex Hoffm.) Gaudin collected in Abruzzo region (Central Italy) with chemotaxonomic and ethnopharmacological implications

Subject Areas : Analytical Assessments of Bioactive Compounds

Claudio Frezza ¹ , Alessandro Venditti ² , Ilaria Serafini ³ , Alessandra Carassiti ⁴ , Sebastiano Foddai ⁵ , Armandodoriano Bianco ⁶ , Mauro Serafini ⁷

1 - Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 – 00185 Rome, Italy
2 - Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 – 00185 Rome, Italy
3 - Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 – 00185 Rome, Italy
4 - Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 – 00185 Rome, Italy
5 - Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 – 00185 Rome, Italy
6 - Dipartimento di Chimica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 – 00185 Rome, Italy
7 - Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5 – 00185 Rome, Italy

Received: 2017-05-29 Accepted : 2017-06-20 Published : 2017-06-01

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