Cytotoxic activity of indole alkaloids from Alstonia macrophylla

Planta Medica

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 311-315

  Keawpradub, Niwat ^a,c   Eno Amooquaye, E ^b   Burke, P J ^b   Houghton, P J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Alstonia macrophylla; Apocynaceae; Breast fibroblasts; Cytotoxicity; Human cancer cell lines; Indole alkaloids

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC ALKALOID; INDOLE ALKALOID; MACROCARPAMINE; O ACETYLMACRALSTONINE; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VILLALSTONINE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG STRUCTURE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; PLANT ROOT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ALKALOIDS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; CELL DIVISION; DRUG SCREENING ASSAYS, ANTITUMOR; HUMANS; INDOLES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PLANTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ALSTONIA MACROPHYLLA; APOCYNACEAE;

EID: 0032968050     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-13992     Document Type: Article

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