Cucurbitane-type compounds from Hemsleya carnosiflora antagonize ecdysteroid action in the drosophila melanogaster B(II) cell line

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 271-274

  Dinan, L ^a   Whiting, P ^a   Sarker, S D ^a   Kasai, R ^b   Yamasaki, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Cucurbitaceae; Cucurbitacin; Cucurbitane; Ecdysteroid; Hemsleya carnosiflora; Receptor; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ECDYSTEROID; PLANT GLYCOSIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LINE; CELL SHAPE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; NONHUMAN; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECDYSTEROIDS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS; STEROIDS; TRITERPENES;

ANIMALIA; CUCURBITACEAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEMSLEYA; HEMSLEYA CARNOSIFLORA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030767311     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00000603     Document Type: Article

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