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Steroidal sapogenins. LVIII. Steroidal sapogenins from the Joshua tree

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The Joshua tree,Yucca brevifolia, is distributed over parts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah. A study of its steroidal sapogenins showed that the leaves contain practically none; the wood, small amounts of smilagenin; the seeds high amounts of hecogenin and tigogenin.

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  1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City

    A. M. Woodbury (Professor Emeritus)

  2. Eastern Utilization Research and Development Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Philadelphia 18, Pennsylvania

    M. E. Wall & J. J. Willaman

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Woodbury, A.M., Wall, M.E. & Willaman, J.J. Steroidal sapogenins. LVIII. Steroidal sapogenins from the Joshua tree. Econ Bot 15, 79–86 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02906763

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