Inhibition of thymidylate synthase and cell growth by the phenanthroindolizidine alkaloids pergularinine and tylophorinidine

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 201-212

  Rao, K Narasimha ^a   Bhattacharya, R K ^a   Venkatachalam, S R ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Cytotoxicity; Inhibition; Lactobacillus leichmannii; Pergularia pallida; Pergularinine; Thymidylate synthase; Tylophorinidine

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; PERGULARININE; PHENANTHROINDOLIZIDINE; TYLOPHORINIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG ISOLATION; ENZYME INHIBITION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN;

ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ISOQUINOLINES; LACTOBACILLUS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS LEICHMANNII; PERGULARIA; PERGULARIA PALLIDA;

EID: 0030778093     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(97)00065-3     Document Type: Article

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