Antitumour effects of ursolic acid isolated from Oldenlandia diffusa

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 553-556

  Kim, Sung Hoon ^a   Ahn, Byung Zun ^b   Ryu, Shi Yong ^c  

^a Daejeon University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antitumour; Apoptosis; Oldenlandia diffusa; Rubiaceae; Ursolic acid

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; PLANT EXTRACT; URSOLIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HL 60; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LEUKEMIA L 1210; MELANOMA B16; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR CELL LINE;

EID: 0032430791     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1573(199812)12:8<553::AID-PTR359>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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