Bufadienolides from the southern African Drimia depressa (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae).

@article{Crouch2007BufadienolidesFT,
  title={Bufadienolides from the southern African Drimia depressa (Hyacinthaceae: Urgineoideae).},
  author={Neil R. Crouch and Angela. Langlois and Dulcie A. Mulholland},
  journal={Phytochemistry},
  year={2007},
  volume={68 13},
  pages={
          1731-4
        }
}
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